Patient's question:
Continuous fever of 38 degrees for four months, with no relief from food or medicine. After four months, without food or medicine, the fever returned to normal. At that time, there was heart disease. The doctor said surgery could only be performed after the age of three. It has now been cured.Now 10 years old, walking normally, very healthy and lively, but speech is not very clear. Does not understand arithmetic. Attending preschool.
Doctor's answer:
Analysis of the condition:Strictly speaking, mental retardation is a group of symptoms caused by certain diseases or other harmful factors; it is not a distinct disease entity. In mild mental retardation patients, some may have brain atrophy, cerebral developmental abnormalities, or associated with ataxia.
Suggestions for treatment:
The treatment of mental retardation is extremely difficult, but it is not without hope. If early detection and active treatment are possible, good results may be achieved in certain aspects.