What are the symptoms of ADHD in a 3-year-old child?

ADHD is a common disease among children, but many parents do not understand it, so ADHD is often ignored and does not receive timely treatment. ADHD is a disease that mainly occurs in childhood. It may cause children to be hyperactive, talkative and inattentive. Parents must take their children to the hospital for examination and treatment as soon as possible. So what are the symptoms of ADHD in a 3-year-old?

What are the symptoms of ADHD in a 3 year old?

1. Willfulness and impulsivity: Children with this condition often do things without considering the consequences and appear willful and impulsive. If you often answer questions without the teacher's permission; often interrupt other people's conversations regardless of the occasion or the person they are with; often interfere with other people's activities without considering the consequences; climb up and down or run and play without considering the dangerous factors around you, you may often cause harm to yourself or others.

2. Concealment and denial: In order to avoid blame, some children with ADHD will take the initiative to control the situation by joking, acting like a clown, making faces, coaxing, etc. when criticized by teachers or parents to divert the attention of critics. This kind of concealment and denial behavior will invisibly aggravate the symptoms of ADHD in children and reduce the effectiveness of drug treatment.

3. Nail biting: What are the bad behaviors of children with ADHD? Children with ADHD often can't help biting off their growing fingernails with their teeth. In severe cases, all ten fingernails may be bitten very short, and the nail beds may even bleed. Some children not only bite their fingernails, but also often bite their toenails. Others bite the skin on the extensor side of the small joints on their hands. Over time, the skin becomes thicker due to biting.

What are the family care methods for ADHD?

First, let the children watch less TV and surf the Internet less. Children with ADHD generally cannot concentrate for a long time when studying. They are always making small movements or their minds are wandering. However, they can concentrate for a long time when watching TV, especially TV commercials.

Second, arrange children's daily life reasonably, cultivate good living habits and learning habits for children, and follow regular schedules.

Third, train children’s sensory integration ability. Studies have shown that about half of the children have soft signs of the neurological system, and some children may have visual-motor disorders, spatial position perception disorders, etc.