Treating ADHD often requires psychological, behavioral, educational, and medical intervention. Depending on the age of the patient, the treatment options may include:    Parent training    Education regarding ADHD    Educational supports    Behavioral therapy    Counselling    Skills training    Medication Treatment for ADHD can help relieve the symptoms and improve the patient’s daily living conditions. The treatment options can be therapy, a medication, or, better yet, a combination of both. Let’s look at these two commonly used treatment approaches. Therapy Different therapies can be used to treat ADHD in both children and adults. Therapy has been seen as a useful approach in treating other problems associated with the disorder, such as anxiety and conduct disorders. Some therapies used to manage ADHD include: Social skill training —A child suffering from ADHD can be engaged in a role play situation to teach them how to socialize with other children and understand how their behavior affects others. Behavior therapy —Behavioral therapy entails behavior management, whereby a system of reward is used to encourage a child with ADHD to control their behavior towards situations and other people. Both parents and teachers are integral parts of this therapeutic approach. Psychoeducation —This is a form of talk therapy, wherein you and your child are encouraged to talk about ADHD.

According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, there is no single test to diagnose ADHD, because many other health conditions such as certain learning disabilities, depression, anxiety, and sleep disorders can have similar symptoms. If you suspect that you or your child might have ADHD, the first thing you should do is talk to your doctor to check if the symptoms fit the diagnosis. A person is diagnosed with ADHD if he/she portrays more than six symptoms of ADHD for more than six months. Additionally, the symptoms must be present in more than one setting since the age of 12. Depending on the type of symptoms, a patient can be diagnosed with either Inattentive Type, Hyperactive-Impulsive Type, or Combined Type ADHD. Many healthcare providers. such as doctors, psychologists, psychiatrists, and pediatricians can diagnose ADHD with the help of standards from the American Psychiatric Association’s Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM) or the American Academy of Pediatrics guidelines. The diagnosis pertains to gathering of information from parents or caregivers about the child’s behaviors. Your doctor or your child’s GP may inquire about the following: A family history of ADHD. Other health conditions you or your child may have. Any significant event in your life, or that of your child, for instance divorce or death of a close family member.

When doctors diagnose ADHD, they evaluate the patient using a number of criteria or symptoms. These are as follows: 1) Temper tantrums ADHD patients, particularly children, often have trouble controlling their emotions. For example, they often exhibit outbursts of emotional anger, or temper tantrums when they’re asked to wait their turn in group activities or when playing with others. 2) Restlessness Child and adult patients with ADHD are often associated with having trouble sitting still, which means they’re often restless, antsy, and fidgety when forced to be quiet and still.   3) Interrupting and self-focusing Children with ADHD will often exhibit self-focused behaviour early on, which makes them less inclined to recognize the needs of others around them. For instance, children with ADHD are prone to cutting others off mid-sentence or inserting themselves into the conversations and activities of others without any concern for their feelings. 4) Daydreaming While many associate adult and child patients with ADHD with loud and boisterous behaviour, it’s not always the case. In fact, many individuals are prone to quiet daydreaming, which causes them to seem distracted and uninvolved, as opposed to rowdy and noisy. 5) Prone to mistakes and forgetfulness Patients with ADHD have difficulty focusing and retaining information, as a result of which, following through on homework and group planning may be difficult.

ADHD affects people differently. After all, we are all different in one way or another, right?  According to the American Psychiatric Association, there are three types of ADHD, and each is treated based on its symptoms. So, while people think of hyperactive when they hear or think about ADHD, it is possible to have the disorder without being primarily hyperactive. Let’s learn more about the three types of ADHD 1) Inattentive Type —People with this type of ADHD are predominantly inattentive. They tend to make a lot of mistakes, because they have trouble sustaining attention, organizing tasks, and following detailed instructions. They often lose things, get easily distracted, and forget things easily. This type of ADHD is more common in adults than in children, and in boys than girls. 2) Hyperactive-Impulsive Type —The second type of ADHD is associated with hyperactivity and impulsiveness. The condition is more prevalent in children than adults, and boys than girls. Kids with this type of ADHD constantly feel the need to move and struggle with impulse control. They typically don’t have trouble with attention, as in the case of Inattentive Type. It is normally easier to diagnose Hyperactive-Impulsive ADHD than the other two types.

Deep Venous Thrombosis (DVT) is a medical condition that occurs when a blood clot forms in the deep venous blood system.  In many cases, these DVT’s self resolve, but in other cases the blood clot can be fatal.  When a blood clot becomes fatal, it is due to the fact that the clot has become dislodged, which is called an emboli, and traveled from the deep venous system to the lungs. In the lungs, the emboli blocks blood flow and causes a pulmonary embolism. Clots of the deep venous system predominantly occur in the deep veins of the lower extremities; though they do occur in the upper extremities as well. Wherever there is a deep vein, there is a potential for the formation of a DVT.  There are certain medical conditions that may result in the development of DVTs.  Patients may also experience these types of blood clots if the patient is immobile for a variety of reasons (long car ride, long airplane ride, post-surgery, etc.). Symptoms of DVTs: Signs and symptoms of DVTs will depend on the location of the thrombus and/or embolus.  If the DVT is located in the lower extremity, then there will be swelling and often pain or tenderness in the affected leg.