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| Five of every 100 children present this problem, but a good treatment can help |
| How to face the Disorder of Deficit Atencional and Hyperactivity |
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Washington Hispanic
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| In most cases, the symptoms appear before seven years, but they can appear earlier. |
The Disorder of Hyperactivity and Deficit Atencional (ADHD in English), is a chronic condition that affects five per cent of the children in school age (other numbers indicate up to 12 % of incidence) and that sometimes persists up to the adulthood.
A diagnosis of this type can be problematic for a family, nevertheless, the treatment can do a big difference and most of the children with this problem can have a normal adulthood.
Symptoms
The most excellent of the problem is little attention and the impulsive behavior.
In general, the children can show both symptoms. These signs become clearer during the activities that need a major mental concentration.
In most cases, the symptoms appear before seven years, but they can appear earlier.
The symptoms of the deficit of attention include awkward errors in the school, not to listen although they are speaking to him straight, make difficult to continue instructions, problems to organize itself, he is disliked by tasks that involve a mental effort, it loses objects in frequent form, it relaxes easily and forgets things.
The symptoms of an impulsive behavior involve getting up of his seat in the school in frequent form, to run or to move in inappropriate moments, make difficult to be kept silent, it always seems to be purified, answers even before he runs out of of asking about something, make difficult to wait for his shift and to interrupt often.
Different according to genre
The children have more possibilities of being hyperactive, while the girls have problems with the attention.
The girls who have problems with the attention often digress mentally, what calls itself to "daydream", while the children prefer to play and be active constantly.
You can suspect that the behavior of his son has ADHD elements if it notices that it is impulsive or slightly attentive for more than six months, it happens in meas of a physical place (school, he marries); it has problems in the school continued and has problems of relations with adult and other children.
When to see the doctor
If his son has a disruptive behavior and you create that you can have ADHD, like problems to concentrate, to sit down calmly or to control his behavior, see a pediatrician or a family doctor. It is probable that it recounts a specialist, but it is important to have a medical evaluation before seeing possible causes to the symptoms.
If his son is being already treated, it must see the followed doctor, at least once a month from the moment of the diagnosis, and then every six months. Call the doctor in the case that his son presents side effects like loss of the appetite, problems to sleep or irritability. With the time some children who take medicines can lose weight or grow in slower form, although these changes are temporary.
What to do at home
To the being the ADHD a complex and different condition depending on the person, it is difficult to do general recommendations, but the following thing can serve.
Show him affection. The children need to listen that are loved and appreciated. To focus only in the negative of his behavior can affect his self-esteem.
Be patient. Try to be calmed when it treats with his son, even if it is out of control. If you are calmed, it is probable that his son also it is.
Support the perspective. Be realistic in his expectations for the improvements, so much the proper ones as those of his son.
Make sure that I rested. Try to prevent his son from becoming exhausted, because the fatigue does that the ADHD symptoms deteriorate.
Identify difficult situations. Try to avoid occasions that are difficult for his son, like sitting down during long periods or visiting places with a strong visual stimulation.
One organize. Help his son to support a notebook of tasks, where I noted down what it is necessary to do, between other things.
| Interview |
| To learn of the cancer |
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| Paulina Escobar. photo: Felipe Lagos/WH. |
For Felipe Lagos
Washington Hispanic
Life With Cancer has programmed a series of activities especially directed to Latin Americans, says Paulina Escobar.
The cancer diagnosis comes accompanied from a strong emotional blow. The scope of the illness spreads beyond the clearly clinical thing, and involves the psychological, physical and emotional well-being not only of the patient, but also of his family.
For the same, the work of organizations like Life With Cancer, which help patients and his families to navigate the health system and offer groups of support with persons who have lived through similar experiences, is key.
In this sense, in March Life With Cancer offers a series of interesting programs for the Latin Americans in Spanish, starting for “Show Good, Feel Better”, that helps women diagnosed with the illness not to neglect his personal appearance. This way it is indicated by the coordinating committee of Hispanic scope of the institution, Paulina Escobar.
“ In this program, which will be done on Monday, the 2nd of March, certified cosmeticians offer a beauty meeting for women who are in treatment of quimio or radiotherapy. They teach care of the skin, of the hair, of the fingernails and basically everything what the ladies must know, he is taught how to use perukes or turbans and to make themselves up. In the end, a finished beauty set is given him. It is a way of helping the woman to take care physically, that she feels beautiful. Only we ask 698 2529 " to register previously to the phone (703).
— Do they have any new program this year?
“ The new one is called Recovering Together and on the first Thursday ago of every month. It is a group of support for Hispanics with cancer and his relatives, men and women without importing the type of diagnosis. This program is faced to the autosanación. It has three sections, the first one is to share of the experiences and to clarify medical doubts, but the second and third stages teach themselves skills as handling of the stress, healing visualization and exercises for the liberation of emotions associated with the illness”.
— Namely there are alternative skills.
“ Exact, it is an approach medicine - mente-cuerpo faced to recover across processes of the mind. Any person who receives this practice can favor his processes”.
— What other workshops do they have for March?
“ 21 are going to realize a cancer workshop in Herndon, Virginia, from 9 of the morning to two of the evening. A panel of Hispanic professionals they will speak on the medical, clinical, nutritional and mental aspects of the illness. We are going to close with an exercise of existential character for sanación of stress”.
— And in bosom cancer?
“ For this one we have Latin Joined, that is realized every month. It is a group of support for Hispanic that they have had or are happening for bosom cancer exclusively. They meet on the fourth Monday of every month and also it is an alternative approach”.
| To his health |
| The consequences of the sex at early age |
For Maria Gòmez
The president of Mary's Center
In this month we saw a waste of love and friendship for the celebration of the day of San Valentín. But let's think what we can contribute like parents so that our children have an awakening to the appropriate and healthy love.
It is clear that the times have changed and that the adolescence of small today or nothing looks alike to the youth that touched many. The mentality of the young people of this generation is quite different and much more advanced that in the previous years and therefore, his way of seeing the life and his disposition to explore terreros new, is amazing and at the same time, worrying.
Of the most worrying topics that we see between the today young people it is the incursion in the sex at very early age, with consequences not favorable at all so much for them as for his families.
It is worrying that our community is presenting the highest pregnancies valuations between adolescents going so far as to double the average at national level between adolescents of all the origins.
Like parents, we must question what we are doing to avoid this phenomenon and what are leaving of doing because the numbers keep on growing.
Although so much in 18 states of the country since in the District of Columbia it is obligatory that the schools provide sex education to the students, the parents it is us who first we must begin this conversation. Also it is our responsibility to know about the steps of our children and to guide them so that they take good decisions.
Many people do not know it, but every country has its own ‘age of assent’ to have sexual relations (age of consent, in English). This law establishes the age in which a young man has legal aptitude to gain access to sexual activities. Of not expiring with this law, it can sanction to the one that is major than age in the relation with a crime of violence, abuse or violation like that both they have acted voluntarily.
Although the United States is a much more liberal country as for the topic of the sex, amazingly the assent age - that in average is 16 to 18 years - is major than in many of our countries that have averages as low as 12 and 13 years of age.
Internally in the United States this law also changes from the state the state and although the ideal thing is that the young people did not begin the exploration in the sex from so early age, is an important knowledge that the legal implications are not alone for the young people but also for his sentimental partners and their own parents.
Specially here in the metropolitan area the assent age in DC and in MD is at the age of 16 and in Virginia it is to the 18. Also, it is illegal that the young man has relations with a partner or partner who is 4 years older. Namely that if the assent age is 16 years and his partner / partner is 18 years old, are not going to incur problems with the law but if the partner / partner is 21 years old, if it is going to have legal implications.
The punishment for the assent age in the United States is very severe and it can become of several years of state prison, depending also of the difference years that his partner or partner takes him.
So we put our sand granite to avoid this. I know that it is not easy to take control of the activities of our adolescent children and often we feel intimidated, but let's not abstain from guiding them appropriately. Probably in this moment they will not understand that we do it for his good but with complete certainty, further on they us it go to agradecerán.
| Actuality |
| Five myths of the hypertension |
Writing / agency
Washington Hispanic
1 Hypertension is not a problem
Although to the beginning it is difficult to notice the symptoms of the hypertension, that does not mean that it is not a serious condition. In fact, in the long term it can be fatal, since it damages the blood glasses, the heart and the kidneys, between other important organs.
2 it is not possible to prepare
The good news on the hypertension is that yes it is possible to prepare. If it supports a healthy weight, he eats I recover, it limits his salt consumption, does not drink in excess, does not smoke, does exercise in constant form and avoids the stress has possibilities of not developing the condition.
3 the second number of the pressure does not matter
When they measure the pressure, they deliver to him two numbers, the first one is the pressure sistólica (the force of the blood pumped by the heart), and the second one is the diastolic one, which is the pressure of the blood between the pumping of the heart. In the diastolic one, 79 or less it is normal, between 80 and 89 it is a prehypertension, and hypertension is more than 90. Both numbers matter.
4 the treatment is worse than the illness
To resign from his favorite meals and to take medicines with unpleasant side effects are some of the consequences of of the treatment for the high pressure. To find a good treatment takes time, because sometimes it is difficult to find the cause, but it is necessary because the alternative sometimes is mortal.
5 the treatment does not work
If you monitorea his pressure, it continues the treatment in consistent form, it sees his doctor often and asks his pharmacist on side effects, it will be able to control
really this condition.
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