Mental retardation can be cured

The intelligence of a child, if it is low during the development process, is not only related to the genetic factors of the child, but also to the nutrition the child needs in daily life. Therefore, parents can take their children for examination. Timely supplementation can still save the child. In addition, there are many advanced methods for treating mental retardation. So can mental retardation really be cured?

As for the treatment of mental retardation, there is still no specific treatment method at present. It is mainly based on symptomatic treatment. In this symptomatic treatment, it is to carry out certain training according to the symptoms. Of course, if it is affected by some minor environmental factors, these can still be cured, but most of the factors are caused by some obstacles in the development of the nervous system and some genetic causes. Then this situation must be distinguished according to the degree of his mental retardation. If it is a mild mental retardation, then after training, he can gradually approach normal and achieve the ability to adapt to society. If it is a severe mental retardation, then after treatment, his degree can be gradually improved, reduced to a moderate level and then gradually let him adapt to society.

Can children with intellectual disability be cured?

The key to curing mental retardation in children is early detection and early treatment, finding the cause and prescribing the right medicine. Mental retardation occurs during the developmental period, and general intellectual function is significantly lower than the level of children of the same age, accompanied by adaptive behavioral defects. For those whose causes have been identified, such as chronic disease, poisoning, long-term malnutrition, hearing or vision impairment, efforts should be made to eliminate the cause as much as possible so that their intelligence can be partially or completely restored.

What to do if your child has mental retardation

1. First of all, children with mental retardation should be treated as normal people, given the right to receive education and training, and their interests and hobbies should be respected.

2. Before education and training, his diseases, such as congenital cleft lip, nutritional deficiencies and other acute and chronic diseases, should be treated first to lay a good physical foundation for education and training.

3. Make a realistic evaluation of the child's talents and abilities, determine his ability to adapt to society and the environment, determine his learning and receptive abilities, do a simple intelligence test, and understand his minimum IQ.

4. Educational training should start with providing various stimuli, such as sound, light, color, images, objects, animals and plants, to stimulate and promote the development of his cerebral cortical nerve cells.

5. Explore a set of effective education and training methods based on the characteristics of children so that mentally retarded children can gradually recover.

Treatment of mental retardation in children

1. Etiological treatment: For those whose etiology has been identified, such as chronic disease, poisoning, long-term malnutrition, hearing and vision impairment, efforts should be made to eliminate the cause so that the intelligence can be partially or completely restored. Children with endocrine and metabolic abnormalities such as hypothyroidism and phenylketonuria should be diagnosed early and receive thyroid hormone replacement or special diet therapy for phenylketonuria to improve their intelligence level. MR caused by social, psychological and cultural reasons can make its intelligence improve by changing the environmental conditions, allowing it to live in a friendly and harmonious family, and strengthening its education.

2. Training and rehabilitation: With the application of medical, social, educational and vocational training measures, patients are trained according to their age and severity of MR to achieve the highest possible intellectual level. Sooner or later, the child should receive long-term comprehensive education and training in organized institutions (such as nurseries and kindergartens). It is best to care for the sick child together with normal children, which is more beneficial than caring for them separately. Special classes or schools are set up to improve physical health, train daily living skills and language functions, and simple cultural learning. The establishment of work medical stations can, on the one hand, train production skills for adolescent patients and, on the other hand, guarantee employment. Special hospitals and sanatoriums (villages) can also be set up to admit patients with moderate or above MR.