Patient's question:
Boy, 6 years and 10 months, underwent a visual persistence attention test at the children's hospital. The results showed:Number of errors: 12, T score: 67.3, Percentile: 95.54. This indicates that compared to same-aged children, the number of errors is higher than 95.54% of children and lower than 4.46% of children.
Number of misses: 9, T score: 62.4, Percentile: 88.49. This indicates that compared to same-aged children, the number of misses is higher than 88.49% of children and lower than 11.51% of children.
Reaction time: 862 milliseconds, T score: 55.5, Percentile: 69.15. This indicates that compared to same-aged children, the reaction time is slower than 69.15% of children and faster than 30.85% of children.
These test results suggest that the child may have a suspected attention disorder.
Doctor's answer:
It's still better to actively seek treatment, because untreated ADHD in adults will leave at least 80% with various mental disorders. Besides, if the child doesn't take medication for treatment, his performance at school will quickly be disliked and rejected by normal children, leading to damaged self-esteem. Going to school will then become a burden for him, and both being averse to studying or causing trouble at school are not good. Furthermore, attention deficits will result in poor academic performance, such as forgetting or not retaining information. Poor grades will also affect the child's development. Medications for treating ADHD are the same worldwide, with decades of clinical application experience proving their efficacy and safety, making them relatively safe (though this doesn't apply to children with special physical constitutions). These medications have also been approved by the National Drug Administration before being put on the market. Please rest assured.