What is ADHD in children?

  Patient: Description of condition (onset, main symptoms, hospital visited, etc.): The child, male, 6 years old, started the second half of the year, the teacher reported that he was inattentive and active in class, could not get along with children of the same age, procrastinated, and had poor self-control. Last month, he visited your special needs clinic, IQ112, SM91, attention test is severely abnormal, EEG left occipital more epileptiform waves, not checked trace elements and other items. You suggested to take Jingling Oral Liquid, and now I have been taking it for 40 days. I feel that the hyperactivity has been reduced, and I can sit still for meals, but my attention has not improved much, and I am a bit impulsive when I get along with children of the same age. I hope you can take time out of your busy schedule to give me some guidance. I look forward to it!  Guangzhou Brain Hospital Psychiatry Yang Qiong: Attention deficit and hyperactivity disorder or ADHD in children: is a group of syndromes that occur in childhood (mostly around 3 years old) and manifests itself as a significant difficulty in concentration, short attention span, and excessive or impulsive activity compared to children of the same age.  Symptoms of ADHD: 1. Attention disorders: easily distracted when learning, hearing any external sound to visit; very inattentive in class, often looking around or dazed; procrastination in doing homework, playing while doing, dirty and messy homework, often under-doing or wrong; inattention to detail, often careless mistakes in doing homework or other activities; lost or particularly unloved things; difficulty in complying with the designation, completing It is difficult to complete homework or chores, etc.; it is difficult to do things for a long time, and often does not finish one thing and then goes to do something else; it is absent-minded when talking to others; it often loses things in daily activities.  2. Hyperactivity: difficult to sit quietly or twist around in the seat on occasions that require quietness; many small movements in class, or playing with things; or whispering with classmates; talk a lot, good interrupter; very noisy, can not play quietly; difficult to comply with the order and discipline of group activities; interfere with the activities of others; good teasing with children, easy to children disputes, not welcomed by peers; easily excited and impulsive, with some excessive Behavior; running and climbing ladders on inappropriate occasions, risky.  Ruling out other disorders: It needs to be differentiated from mental retardation, pervasive developmental disorder, childhood mood disorder, and conduct disorder.  In your child’s case, the diagnosis of ADHD in children is not very difficult.  Treatment: Treatment with Ritalin is required.