| What happened? What did I do wrong? I am | | | | an example of environmental toxin, also increase |
| pretty sure you have asked these questions | | | | the child's risk of having ADHD. |
| after being told that your child has Attention | | | | Preschool children who are exposed to toxins |
| Deficit Hyperactive Disorder or ADHD. To answer | | | | may be at a greater risk of having ADHD. The |
| the questions in your mind, here are explanations | | | | most common example is lead. Exposure to high |
| of how children get ADHD. | | | | amount of lead is known to be linked with |
| Before going to how children get ADHD, what | | | | disruptive and inattentive behaviors. |
| first is Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder? It is | | | | Is it true that diet is another answer to the |
| characterized by three main symptoms - | | | | question of how children get ADHD? There have |
| hyperactivity, impulsivity, and inattention. Kids | | | | been some ideas that food additives and sugar |
| usually display these traits, but in children with | | | | increases the risk of having ADHD. That idea is |
| ADHD, these traits persist and become age | | | | rejected by scientists. This has not yet been |
| inappropriate. | | | | proven and should not be thought of as a cause |
| So, how do children get ADHD? That question still | | | | of ADHD. Another unproven idea is that ADHD is |
| has no definite answer. Researchers are still trying | | | | caused by poor parenting. This is totally not true. |
| to look for the main and direct cause of ADHD. | | | | How children get ADHD does not involve your |
| However, several factors have been discovered | | | | style of parenting. |
| to have links between the occurrence of ADHD | | | | Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder can be |
| and as of now, these factors are considered the | | | | treated through different ways - prescription |
| causes of ADHD. | | | | medicines, therapy, lifestyle and home remedies, |
| Genetics is believed to play a big role in how | | | | and alternative medicine. Your doctor would have |
| children get ADHD. Having a close relative with | | | | prescribed you with medications, referred you to |
| ADHD may increase the risk of having the same | | | | a therapist, or would have given you reminders as |
| disorder. A study has shown that in 1 out of 4 | | | | to how to deal with your child at home. |
| children with ADHD has at least one relative | | | | Alternative medicine may have not been well |
| diagnosed with the disorder. Furthermore, studies | | | | discussed. One form of alternative medicine is |
| have also shown that one-third of fathers who | | | | homeopathic remedy. Through using all natural |
| had ADHD in childhood have children with ADHD. | | | | ingredients such as herbs and botanical extracts |
| Another possible answer as to how children get | | | | like Tuberculinum and Hyoscyamus, homeopathic |
| ADHD is the brain structure and function. | | | | remedy addresses the symptoms of ADHD. It will |
| Research tells that areas of the brain that | | | | help your children to become calm and more |
| controls attention span and impulsive behaviors | | | | concentrated on doing several tasks. It also |
| are less active than the general population. | | | | reduces impulsivity and erratic behavior. |
| Smoking, alcohol, and exposure to toxins while | | | | Now that you have answers to the question, how |
| pregnant to your child are another possibility. | | | | do children get ADHD and have been presented |
| These alter the brain's development of the child | | | | with a brief rundown of available treatment |
| inside the womb, resulting to a slightly different | | | | options, go ahead and look for what's best for |
| brain structure and function. Pregnant women who | | | | your kid. Don't let ADHD control you and your |
| are exposed to Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), | | | | child's life. |