What are the symptoms of mental retardation

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Mental retardation is one of the common diseases in our life. Patients usually have slow reaction or can't communicate with others. Therefore, in order to find out whether children have mental retardation in time, parents need to understand the symptoms of mental retardation shared in this article.

What are the symptoms of mental retardation

Symptom 1: mild mental retardation. Psychiatry calls stupidity. The IQ is 55-70. It accounts for the majority of the mentally retarded, about 85%. In childhood, it is difficult to distinguish from normal children, only social and communication skills seem to be slightly poor. To school age can barely complete primary school. If we find a simpler and more suitable job in the future, the intellectual barrier can be covered up. If you continue to go to school, the intellectual barrier will be exposed. In adulthood, you can make a living on your own in a smooth situation, but you need help in a more complicated situation. The temperament and temper characteristics of these patients can be roughly divided into two types: stable and unstable. The former is quiet and obedient, easy to receive education and training, can master certain vocational skills, and easy to get the sympathy and care of others, while the latter is always on the move, lack of self-knowledge, and easy to make people hate or be teased. The physical examination of mild patients generally showed no obvious abnormality.

Symptom 2: moderate mental retardation. Psychiatry is called Yulu. The IQ ranged from 40 to 55. About 10% of Mr. Although these children can learn to speak generally in early childhood, they can't express more complex content and can't establish social relationship with children of the same age. After entering primary school, compared with other students, their intellectual barriers will be exposed obviously, and their academic level is generally not higher than the second grade of primary school. After proper training, we can learn self-care and simple labor skills, but we often need the guidance and care of others. Moderate Mr patients often have some physical abnormalities, such as small stature, special face, etc. This kind of patients can often find out some special causes, different causes can have some different physical characteristics.

Symptom 3: severe mental retardation. The intelligence quotient is 25-40. Severe and very severe cases accounted for about 5% of Mr. Adaptive behavior is severely defective. In early years, all aspects of growth retardation. Vague pronunciation, few words, poor self-expression. Lack of abstract concepts and low understanding ability. The emotion is childish. It's very clumsy. Have a certain defense ability, can avoid obvious very dangerous. After systematic habit training, we can develop simple life and health habits, but life needs to be taken care of by others. When you grow up, you can do some fixed and simplest physical work under supervision.

matters needing attention

After having a certain understanding of the symptoms of mental retardation, people should try their best to reduce the occurrence rate of mental retardation. In order to avoid the occurrence of mental retardation, we should pay attention to childbearing at the right age, do a good job in prenatal and perinatal health care, amniotic fluid examination, including the examination of chromosomal diseases, neural tube defects, metabolic diseases and other diseases, and at the same time, we should pay attention to the use of scientific methods for delivery.