It is very difficult for a child in our world who has a mental retardation. Such children quite often become whipping boys, an object of ridicule on the part of classmates. But in fact this is not a verdict, it is possible treatment. Because of the cruelty of many children, real persecution begins for a child with a mental retardation - as a result, the development of the child slows down even more, this can lead to irreversible consequences.
If you want to know how the delay in mental development manifests itself, the symptoms can be the following:
- The first symptoms can be manifested in the form of somatovegetative reaction to various harmfulness - this occurs at the age of up to three years. This period is characterized by such symptoms as an increase in general and autonomic excitability with sleep disorders and loss or deterioration of appetite . Also during this period, gastrointestinal disorders are possible, the temperature may rise. In this list, you can add vomiting and bloating, sweating and other symptoms.
- At the age of four to ten, symptoms such as hyperdynamic disorders of different genesis are possible: psychomotor excitability, tics, and stammering. This level of pathological response is due to the fact that the differentiation of the cortical parts of the motor analysor is most intense.
- Children who have a delayed mental development, often differ from their peers of small height and weight. On physical features, they seem younger.
The causes of mental retardation
- This can be a violation of the constitutional development of the child, against which he lags behind his peers on a physical and mental level. This is the so-called harmonic infantilism.
- Physically weakened children also have a predisposition to slowing the pace of development of the psyche. This leads to various physical illnesses.
- The lesions of the central nervous system are also the causes of the onset of mental retardation. In children with minimal brain dysfunction, the work capacity is significantly reduced, memory and attention worsen. In addition, there are various problems with learning the skills of reading and writing. Such children are poorly considered and talk, they develop both emotional and personal disturbances.
- The most difficult cause is the cerebro-organic form of mental retardation. It is associated with a painful brain damage. Manifestations of it are stable and pronounced.
The delay of mental development can be caused by various inflammatory diseases of the central nervous system during the first years of life, as well as with brain injuries. One should also know that mental retardation in adolescents is also possible.
In any case, do not give up. This is not a verdict. It is necessary to fight in all possible ways to ensure a normal life for your child.
In the overwhelming majority of factors that have a decisive effect on the fact that the delay in the rates of mental development manifests itself, they combine with each other. And even with careful examination it is not always possible to know which of them is given the dominant role in the occurrence of such a delay.
If suddenly an adult has some symptoms that have been described above, then it is worthwhile to be on the alert. It is not always only in childhood and adolescence that such a disease is possible. It is quite real delay in mental development in adults.
To understand this or that violation, its character is possible only when you underwent a comprehensive examination with a doctor-psychotherapist, as well as a defectologist and a psychologist, a speech therapist.
If, nevertheless, your child has confirmed a delay in mental development, the doctor will prescribe the treatment. Self-medication here is unacceptable.