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Child With Severe ADHD, Has Under Developed Frontal Lobes Filled With Water. What Can Be Done To Improve The Condition?
I have a nephew who is 9 and has been diagonosed with underdeveloped frontal lobes. Water has taken the place of some of the area where the frontal lobe should occupy. He has also been diagnosed with severe ADHD and both his parents are Bi-polar. Is there anything that can be done to help this condition or even reverse it?
Mon, 16 Jul 2012
Dear Cap4golf0225,
This is a "static" injury to the brain and nothing can be done to reverse it. However, its effects can be somewhat mitigated by attention to his hygiene, special education, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in addition to professional development-based counselling. His medications need to be assessed periodically so that side-effects caused by them do not interfere with his learning and adapting to the environment.
This is a "static" injury to the brain and nothing can be done to reverse it. However, its effects can be somewhat mitigated by attention to his hygiene, special education, physiotherapy and occupational therapy in addition to professional development-based counselling. His medications need to be assessed periodically so that side-effects caused by them do not interfere with his learning and adapting to the environment.
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