Patient's question:
My child is 5 years old. Recently, when he is unhappy, he likes to hit people and has poor concentration. After examination, he was diagnosed with intellectual disability. I would like to know how to take care of patients with intellectual disability.Doctor's answer:
Theoretically speaking, if it is mild intellectual disability, it is possible to get married. If it is a type with strong hereditary characteristics, it is necessary to have a sterilization surgery because the generational inheritance factor is one of the major causes of intellectual disability. A large number of medical experiments and surveys have proven that chromosomal abnormalities such as Down syndrome account for 5% to 10% of intellectual disability children. Gene mutations such as congenital metabolic disorders also have this type. In addition, other factors that cause intellectual disability, except for prenatal harm, birth injuries during delivery, illnesses after birth, consanguineous marriage, and postnatal accidents (traffic accidents), for severe hereditary diseases, it is advisable to encourage abortion. Therefore, whether an intellectually disabled person can get married depends on the situation, mainly based on the cause of the patient's intellectual disability.