Patient's question:
Fever of 38 degrees for four months, medication and food not reducing it. After four months without medication, the fever subsided to normal. At that time, he had heart disease. The doctor said it would be necessary to wait until he was three years old to have surgery. It has now been cured. Now he is 10 years old and walks normally, very healthy and lively, but his speech is not very clear. He doesn't understand arithmetic. He has just started preschool. What kind of assistance is needed: How can he be cured? How can he speak normally? How can his memory be improved?Doctor's answer:
Intellectual disability is a group of symptoms, caused by certain diseases or other harmful factors, and it is not a distinct disease entity. In mild intellectual disability patients, some may have brain atrophy, cerebral developmental disorders, or associated with ataxia. Advice: The treatment of intellectual disability is extremely difficult, but it is not without hope; if detected early and actively treated, it may achieve good results in some aspects.