What Causes Poor Appetite And Lack Of Concentration In An Infant?

Posted on Fri, 7 Oct 2016

Question: Hello Doctor, The query here is related to my elder child who is 3 years and 9 months old. He goes to school studies Lower KinderGarten (PP1). Overall he is focused, attentive, grasps faster at home or school at any place. There are couple of issues which has been chronic on him. He is very quiet at school and does not interact with fellow children. At home he yells and shouts, very adamant for everything and anything. Does not want to have food even if its fed by her mother. He has been used to having food,Snack or Milk while watching TV or XXXXXXX and continues to do that. Even then its very difficult to feed him. Next thing is he is very adamant and wants everyone to do exactly what he says and for everything he just needs his mom to do. Also, he is not social and even if we attempt to take him to place where few of the neighbouring children play he forces himself to stay at home. Due to this he is not social both at home and school.I would like to know how to change these habits. There has been a change in last 3 months as he has got a sibling sister who is just 3 months old. I don't think this has changed as he has been like this always and there is no sense of jelousy etc due to this as he likes her and pampers well.
Please help in solving this problem.

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (44 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
Get this online test done

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking on healthcaremagic.

I have gone through your query and understand your concerns. The primary concern would be to rule out Autism spectrum disorders (ASD). Please fill out the questionnaire at:
https://www.m-chat.org/

Unless the results indicate any warning signs you need not worry. But if the results indicate visit a doctor for further testing. He would also be able to indicate if you need to visit a child psychologist.

Let me know if I could help further.

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Diptanshu Das (42 minutes later)

Hello Doctor, I took the online test and it shows low risk. I don't see any issue because he has had developments at the right time. The only issue mainly is the tantrum or whining and so might not be related to ADHD.
Please help on getting this resolved.

Answered by Dr. Diptanshu Das (19 minutes later)

Brief Answer:
You need to visit a child psychologist

Detailed Answer:
Thanks for writing back. I would Institute to visit a child psychologist. He would be able to take a deeper look and evaluate whether your child could have ADHD. He would also be able to suggest behavioral modifications that would help in reducing the temper tantrums. Based on evaluation of the situation he may offer cognitive behavioral therapy which fruit help in resolving the situation.

Regards

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar