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A.D.H.D, attention deficit hyperactive disorder currently affects 5 to 10% of school age children in the United States.Your child may have ADHD if he has difficulty focusing, difficulty waiting in line, interrupts conversations, has difficulty keeping still, cannot remain seated in the classroom, is easily distracted, procrastinates, makes careless mistakes with schoolwork or homework and is disorganized.
Children with ADHD tend to have difficulty in school and at times socializing with others. Approximately 50% of children with ADHD grow up to beadults with ADHD. The same issues make it more difficult to obtain and sustain employment as adults. A recent study in the scientific journal Attention Deficit Disorder found two factors associated with ADHD which everyone concerned with this condition should be aware of especially since these factors are modifiable. Specifically, the study founda more than two fold increase in the incidence ofADHD from mothers who smoked during their pregnancy.
Obviously, if your child has already been born and has ADHD, you can not go back in time. However, if you're an expectant mother or planning to have children and are concerned about having a child with ADHD thennot smokingduring pregnancy should be a top priority for you. If you have, a child that hasADHD you should be aware that this study also found the rate of children with ADHD is five times as great in children with obesity. Thus, if you are pregnant and smoke or your child is overweight, these are issues that are difficult to deal with but will certainly make a difference over your child's lifetime and is worth putting in the effort. ADHD is not a hopeless diagnosis. Nor is it something that we cannot a least take steps to prevention. Complimentary Alternative Medicine works very well in coping successfully inavoiding thecommon occurance of over-medication of ADHD as well.
Remember, children with ADHD mature and grow into adults with ADHD and the sooner you find a successful treatment plan the better. There will be more successful days in school, both socially and academically and the family life as a whole will be benefited greatly!
