Dyslexia

Dyslexia, Learning Disability, Learning Difficulties, Slow Learners. The most common type of learning disability is Dyslexia, disparity between intellectual potential and achievement in reading and spelling means a learning disability in which someone has trouble understanding the written word. Dyslexia is sometimes called the “invisible disability” because no one knows a person has it unless that person is asked to read or write. These consequences includes problems in reading comprehension and affects reading experience and vocabulary.

Dyslexia is a brain-based type of learning disability that specifically impairs a person’s ability to read. These individuals typically read at levels significantly lower than expected despite having normal intelligence. Although the disorder varies from person to person, common characteristics among people with dyslexia are difficulty with phonological processing (the manipulation of sounds) and/or rapid visual-verbal responding.

For those with dyslexia, the prognosis is mixed. The disability affects such a wide range of people, producing different symptoms and varying degrees of severity, that predictions are hard to make. The prognosis is generally good, however, for individuals whose dyslexia is identified early, who have supportive family and friends and a strong self-image, and who are involved in a proper remediation program.

Learning disabilities aren’t contagious, but they can be genetic. That means they can be passed down in families through the genes, like many other traits we get from our parents and grandparents. Someone with a learning disability probably has other family members who have had some learning troubles, too – parents or siblings, for example.

Inconsistent / Uncompleted school work leads to downward trend in achievement test scores or school performance. Child shows Difficulty in naming colors, objects, and letters rapidly, in a sequence. Teacher have to work very hard to teach concepts, many times they have to teach. Weakness of Memory for lists, directions, or facts, colors, objects, and letters rapidly, in a sequence also for lists, directions, or facts.

Other associated conditions are Dyscalculia (Mathematical Disabilities in adding, Dividing, Multiplying, Before Number, After Number ..) Dyspraxia (Motor Learning Disabilities) and Dysgraphia (poor visual gestalt / orthographic coding ). 

Allopathic and other systems don’t have effective treatment, but homeopathy has the best treatment for it. We, at our center, have treated many dyslexic children successfully. Homeopathy cures all conditions associated with Dyslexia.

In normal course, it takes 1 to 2 months for appreciable improvements, and 8 to 10 months to clear it completely.

It is easy to take. Sweet pills and drops. No cumbersome loading of syrups or decoctions. It has no side effects.

It improves schooling scores so the child picks up in the studies.

Mental Retardation

It has been seen that Mental Retardation & CP Cerebral Palsy go together. IF the damage is in motor area of the cerebral cortex, it causes aberrations and difficulties in motor movements of body. we call it cerebral palsy. In case, the motor area escapes the damage but other areas like sensory areas, cognition areas, prefrontal lobe, angular gyrus or any other area that contributes to poor intelligence, social development or learning capacity of the child are damaged.

Brain is the synchronized structure made of billions of neuronal network. Neurons and their synaptic as well as dendriatic connections join many other neurons. This makes an integrated unit . In case of damage these interconnections and their supporting cells, glial cells, suffer much, making their working inefficient to contribute to intelligence according the modern theories number of neurons is not so important for excellent brain model, rather their multiplicity of synaptic and dendriatic connections along with obscure role of glial cells.

Causes of Mental Retardation

  1. Genetical – 21 Trisomy- Down Syndrome- Mongolism and other chromosomal abnormality.
  2. Nutritional – Iodine deficiency / poor gestational nutrition.
  3. Obstetrical birth injuries of head – poor APGAR score at birth.
  4. Some infections of brain – tubercular meningitis, viral (rubella), protozoal (toxoplasma) etc.
  5. Severe dehydration – High grade fever in childhood can cause irreversible injuries.
  6. Head injuries. Poor social environment
  7. In Born Error of metabolism / Organic acid disorder

Assessment is done by mental aging, psychological scoring and I.Q. testing.

Treatment Of Mentally Retarded Children:-

It is difficult to treat in Allopathy. As such there are no medicines for direct application, except nutritional support of tonics. Ayurveda do offer some medicines like Acorus calamus, Celastrus peniculus, Bacopa monnieri etc. But their efficacy is not uniform and success rate is poor in cases of childhood mental retardation.

Homeopathy offers a definite advantage of uniform success rate, graded progressive response with time frame, their accuracy & positivity is highest. Mostly the improvement starts within 3 to 4 months and can achieve the highest recoverable mental potential within 1 year of treatment if its not associated with super added disorders which includes metabolic and genetic neuropathy. These medicines repairs glial damage and promotes dendritic connections which uplifts neuronal set ups to higher level of functioning. Medicines are easy to take and have no side effects.

ADHD & ADD

ADHD & ADD and Child Focusing Disorder

ADHD – Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder

ADHD is a common neurodevelopment disorder that typically appears in early childhood, usually before the age of seven. It can get severe if not properly treated and taken care of; Kids suffering from ADHD needs a special attention, care and proper homeopathic medication. Our teams of medical specialists have assured result to problems like ADHD and ADD. 

ADHD makes it difficult for children to inhibit their spontaneous responses – responses that can involve everything from movement to speech to attentiveness and focusing in day to day life.

Your child might have difficulties in focusing on studies, while playing, or when you instruct them to work but they cannot work accordingly such kids are criticized for being lazy and undisciplined. However, they may have ADHD.

It can be difficult to distinguish between ADHD and normal “kid behavior.” If you spot just a few signs, or the symptoms appear only in some situations, it’s probably not ADHD. But,  if your child zones out wherever he goes or whatever he does like at school while in class, while playing or at home or when you call them and instruct them clearly for doing any task and they fail to do it from time to time but, what if that happens a lot? What if this happens continuously?  Than it might be a matter of concern and it’s time to take a closer look.

They just need help with their inattentiveness and focus. Trouble with focus isn’t about being lazy or rude.

Many kids struggle with focus no kid is dumb. You can help your child get better at focusing and recovering well from ADHD and ADD like any other normal kid.

Signs and symptoms:

  • Trouble in focusing
  • Inattentive, hyperactive, and impulsive
  • Inattentive, but not hyperactive or impulsive
  • Fidgeting and squirming while seated
  • Forgetfulness
  • Seem to not listen when spoken to directly
  • Fail to not follow through on instructions, fail to finish schoolwork, chores or start tasks but quickly lose focus and get easily sidetracked
  • Have problems organizing tasks and activities, such as doing tasks in sequence, keeping materials and belongings in order, managing time.
  • Avoid or dislike tasks that require sustained mental effort, such as schoolwork or homework.
  • Lose things necessary for tasks or activities, such as school supplies, pencils, books, eraser etc.
  • Become easily distracted by unrelated thoughts or stimuli
  • Getting up and moving around in classroom.
  • Running or dashing around or climbing here and there.
  • Being constantly in motion or “on the go”.
  • Interrupting or intruding on others, for example in conversations, games, or activities.

Down’s Syndrome

Down’s syndrome is one of the most common genetic birth defects. It affects about 1 in 800 babies. Adults with Down syndrome may live about 60 years, but this can vary.

Proper homeopathic medications can bring your child way to UP on track from DOWN SYNDROME 

Let’s know more about DOWN SYNDROME in detail:

Down syndrome is also known as Trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder caused when abnormal cell division results into an extra full or partial copy of chromosome 21. Due to which defective physical and mental development take place.

What causes Down’s Syndrome?

When a baby is conceived, a normal egg cell and normal sperm cell start with 46 chromosomes. Then they divide into half and have 23 chromosome each. Those 23 chromosome of sperm cell than fertilizes 23 chromosome of egg cell and that’s how baby will have complete set of 46 chromosome. Half are from the father and half are from the mother which is a normal phenomenon.  But, in some cases due to some error while division an egg or sperm cell may keep both copies of chromosome number 21, instead of just 1 copy. If this egg or sperm is fertilized, then the baby will have 3 copies of chromosome number 21 so, it is called trisomy 21.

There are many other causative factors like, women 35 and older have a higher chance of having a baby with Down syndrome. If you’ve already had a child with Down syndrome, you’re more likely to have another one who has it as well.

There is also possibility of having “trans located” genes. It means some of their genes aren’t in their normal place, perhaps on a different chromosome from where they’d usually be found. The parent doesn’t have Down syndrome because they have the right number of genes, but their child may have what’s called “translocation Down syndrome.”

Characteristic appearance and it often permit a clinical diagnosis:

  • Retardation of normal growth and development is typical and most affected children never
  • Reach average adult height.  
  • Congenital heart defects, esophageal atresia and duodenal atresia are relatively very common. 
  • A flattened face, especially the bridge of the nose
  • Almond-shaped eyes that slant up
  • A short neck
  • Small ears
  • A tongue that tends to stick out of the mouth
  • Tiny white spots on the iris (colored part) of the eye
  • Small hands and feet
  • A single line across the palm of the hand (palmar crease)
  • Small pinky fingers that sometimes curve toward the thumb
  • Poor muscle tone or loose joints
  • Shorter in height as children and adults 

There are three types of Down syndrome:

  • Trisomy 21:
    • This is the most common type, where every cell in the body has three copies of chromosome 21 instead of two.
  • Translocation:
    • Down syndrome: In this type, each cell has part of an extra chromosome 21, or an entirely extra one. But it’s attached to another chromosome instead of being on its own.
  • Mosaic Down syndrome:
    • This is the rarest type, where only some cells have an extra chromosome 21.

Diagnosis

There are two basic types of tests available to detect Down syndrome during pregnancy: screening tests and diagnostic tests.

A screening test can tell a woman whether her pregnancy has a lower or higher chance of having Down syndrome. Screening tests do not provide an absolute diagnosis, but they are safer for the mother and the developing baby.

Diagnostic tests can typically detect whether or not a baby will have Down syndrome, but they can be more risky for the mother and developing baby. Neither screening nor diagnostic tests can predict the full impact of Down syndrome on a baby; no one can predict this.

Aim of treatment

Your child will lead to independent and a healthy life conquering DOWN’s SYNDROME like a king with Homeopathic healing. He will lead to school like any other children. We consider your child just not as a case but, as a kid with little extra chromosome. We believe children are not a distraction from more important work they are the most important.

How Homeopathy helps to improve health quality in child with 21 Trisomy:

Homeopathy medicine clears the speech upto 70 % compare to non homeopathy medication, improves cognition and intellectual abilities.Homeopathic medicines aims to improve the immunity and nervous system, so recurrent infections one can prevent. Scholastic performance by means of reading and writing improves with first 120 days of medicine.

Child Neurological Disorders

Child Neurological Disorders Homeopathy Treatment – Dysmorphism, Genetic & Chromosomal Abnormalities

  • Pediatric Neurological Disease
  • Causes Of Neurological Damage in Children
  • Hypoxic Brain Insult – Oxygen deprivation
  • Acquired / Inherited Infection
  • Developmental abnormalities of brain during gestation, Genetic and Chromosomal disorder
  • Brain Cells Degenerative Disorder which destroys nerve cells, Toxins, Autoimmune Disorder, Mechanical Brain Injury,

There are numbers of disease in this list, mainly Global developmental Delay because of Hypoxic -Ischemic Insult in New born leads to Periventricular leukomalacia PVL with Cerebral palsy, Autism, Dyslexia, Mental Retardation, Spina Bifida, Chiari malformation, Tuberous sclerosis, Prader Willi Syndrome, Down Syndrome, Traumatic Brain Injury (Head injury), Rett Syndrome and many more diseases.

How Homeopathy Helps in Pediatric Neurological Illness.

Homeopathic medicine enhances nerve cell migration, Multiplication and Infiltration, Increases Dendrites, Clears Axons Disorder, Removes Toxins from Neurons. With Homeopathy Medicine one can see the result with first 120 days of medication

Firstly, it improves I.Q., which no other system can do. It improves neuromuscular abilities, so motor milestones start appearing faster. It improves in swallowing, neck handling, sitting, standing and walking. It improves in understanding of the child and calculating capacity, schooling capacity.

Secondly, it completely stops recurrent infections. So deterioration of the child stops and regains immunity to fight diseases.

Thirdly it improves cognitive ability of children also helps to improve associate psychiatric disorders such as anxiety, depression, conduct disorders and hyperkinesis.

It helps in improving flaccidity, spasticity of limb muscles, squint deglutition. (Hence food taking)

Homeopathy have promising treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder, Child up to 6 years starts improving with first 120 days of medicine, total treatment time depends upon severity of illness, age of child, and it varies from total 18 to 26 month of treatment. Before starting the treatment psychiatrist / Neurology examination / Evaluation is must and also during treatment at regular intervals to assess the improvement. Homoeopathic medicine offers medicine to neutralize heavy metals, Anti Lyme Disease Treatment, Neuro immunity Enhancer, Removes Brain Cells Inflammations, corrects the symptoms of Hyperactivity, Monotonous Activity, Repetitive Behavior, Cognition development and Speech development.

Autism

Autism is a severe handicapping developmental disorder, which is diagnosed at birth or within the first 1.5 to 2.5 years of life. It is characterized by impairment in social skills, absent/impaired speech development, repetitive and/or stereotyped activities and interest, especially in inanimate objects. The symptomatology of ASD suggests involvement of neurological, endocrinal and gastrointestinal system.

Earlier, autism existed in about 5 children per 10,000 live births. However, since the early 1990’s, the rate of autism has increased enormously throughout the world with figures as high as 60 per 10,000 being reported. According to Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), about 1 in 59 children has been identified with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) which is consistent with estimates from CDC’s Autism and Developmental Disabilities Monitoring (ADDM) Network.  

The debate is ongoing for the reasons of increase in autism cases. But, the most probable cause appears to be genetics and environmental factors. The other precipitating factors include over-vaccinations of infants, Lyme disease, high testosterone level in child, Leaky Gut Syndrome, chronic inflammation of brain cells (Neurons), neuronal auto antibodies, poor  neuro-immunity, heavy metal toxins, fungus/yeast, active TORCH infection to mother during pregnancy, hypothyroidism, IUI & IVF baby, Hypoxia to child and associated seizures. 

The majority of autistic children appear perfectly normal, but they spend most of their time in puzzling and disturbing behaviors, which are markedly different from those of normal children. They may stare into space for hours, throw uncontrollable tantrums, show no interest in people (including their parents), do repetitive activities with no apparent purpose. They have been described as living in a world of their own.

All these are abnormalities of communication, abnormalities of social development, and a restriction of behavior and interest. Of these, the abnormalities of social development are the most specific to autism.  

These and other features will be described in detail. 

Autistic aloneness is an abnormality of social development in which the child is unable to make warm, emotional relationships with people. Autistic children do not respond to their relationships with people including their parent’s affectionate behavior of smiling or cuddling. Instead, they appear to dislike being picked up or kissed. They even acknowledge their parenting just a similar way to any stranger as well as they do not show interest in siblings or other children. There is minor difference in their behavior towards people and inanimate objects. The characteristic sign is Gaze-avoidance that is the absence of eye-to eye contact. 

Apart from diagnosing autism, assessment from the specialist of medical fraternity is must. The following additional factors need to be considered :  

  • Cognitive level
  • Language ability
  • Communication skill, social skill and play, repetitive or other abnormal behavior
  • Stage of social development in relation to age, mental age and stage of language development.
  • Associated medical conditions like genetic & metabolic neuropathies and mitochondrial disorders.
  • Psychosocial factors. 

Treatment 

Homeopathy have the most promising treatment for Autism Spectrum Disorder. Children up to 6 years start improving within first 120 days of homeopathic medication. After completion of 120 days of medicine, child shows improvement every 45 to 60 days. Total treatment time depends upon severity of illness or age of child. However, it may vary from total of 26 to 32 months of treatment. If a child shows no signs of improvement after 120 days of medication, then various other pathologies like Genetic & Metabolic neuropathies and or mitochondrial disorders should be suspected. Before starting the treatment, evaluation by child psychiatrist or neurologist is must. This should be also done at regular intervalsduring treatment to assess the improvement. 

Homoeopathic medicine offers medicine to neutralize heavy metals, Anti Lyme Disease Treatment, Clears Neuronal Auto Antibodies, Neuro immunity Enhancer, Clears the micro toxins and biotoxins produced by Mold, Removes Brain Cells ( Neurons ) Inflammations, corrects the symptoms of Mal Absorption from Gut ( Leaky Gut Syndrome ), Controls Hyperactivity, Reduces Monotonous Activity and / or Repetitive Behavior, Enhance Cognition Development and Speech development, also corrects the endocrine imbalance by correcting high testosterone hormone.

Treatment has three aspects: management of the abnormal behavior, arrangements for social and educational services, and help for the family. 

Homeopathic Medicine along with Diet control and Exercise adds speedy recovery in Autism. 

Behavioral method using contingency management. 

Age Factor & Treatment

Each child, young and adult with autism is unique and, so, in each case you have to decide treatment plan according to intensity of symptoms, age and their associated complains such as more symptoms of GI Leaky Gut Syndrome, Lyme Disease, Hormonal imbalance, Seizures, Sleep disorders, Learning Difficulties. Homeopathy treatment is different in each age group, associated complains and the symptomatology of child during first consultation with Physician, response to treatment after 120 days of medicines. 

The family of an autistic child needs considered help to cope with the child’s behavior. Which is often bewildering and distressing. 

Between 10 and 20 per cent of children with childhood autism begin improving between the ages of about four and six years and are eventually able to attend an ordinary school and obtain work. Early intervention is your child’s best hope for the recovery, total treatment time, future, improving the core behavioral symptoms of autism will give your child all best possible advantages. 

I have observed in my practice that 10% of children diagnosed with ASD / PDD NOS don’t respond to any of the therapy ( PROBIOTICS, PREBIOTICS, AYURVEDA, UNANI,  BIO MEDICAL SUPLEMENTS, OT, ABA and TEAACH etc….) and medicine. If the child has either Genetic or Metabolic Neuropathy and or mitochondrial disorders, than no improvement would be seen by giving medicines to the child. 

There is big debate over role of  Sequential Homeopathy verses Classical Homeopathy for treatment of Autism, both the therapies work but it depends on Physician’s experience. One can achieve time bound improvement in children with Homeopathy.

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