Poor eyesight, not ADHD causing bad behavior at school

Poor concentration, reduced attention span, high level of distractibility and silly mistakes are recognized signs of Attention-Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), but commonly overlooked vision problems can also present similarly. Vision does not only incorporate sight, but also the ability of the person to understand, process and respond to the visual stimulus. Sight disorders prevent this higher level of functioning, therefore preventing the child from responding to schoolwork, sport and general life properly, leading to frustration, ADHD-type behaviour and misdiagnosis with labels including dyslexia. To prevent this from happening, all children should have their sight assessed before school age to allow for treatment of the problem and encourage normal development. Symptoms to be aware of are difficulty reading due to easy fatigability or frequently losing their place, squinting, headaches, complaining of sore eyes, frequently rubbing their eyes, poor coordination, and bad hand writing.

Related Disease Topics:

• Attention-Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder
• ADHD
• Dyslexia
• Vision problems
• Sight disorders

Related Symptom Topics:

• Poor concentration
• Reduced attention span
• High level of distractibility
• Difficulty reading
• Easy fatigability
• Frequently losing their place
• Squinting
• Headaches
• Complaining of sore eyes
• Frequently rubbing their eyes
• Poor coordination
• Bad hand writing

Article Source Details

About: Poor eyesight, not ADHD causing bad behavior at school

Date: 26 August 2005

Author: Linda Bantell

URL: http://www.zwire.com/site/news.cfm?newsid=15103418&BRD=1633&PAG=461&dept_id=11608&rfi=6

Related Medical Topics

This summary article refers to the following medical categories:

• Cause of poor concentration
• Cause of reduced attention span
• Cause of high level of distractibility
• Cause of difficulty reading
• Cause of easy fatigability
• Cause of frequently losing their place
• Cause of squinting
• Cause of headaches
• Cause of complaining of sore eyes
• Cause of frequently rubbing their eyes
• Cause of poor coordination
• Cause of bad hand writing
• Cause of Attention-Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder
• Cause of ADHD
• Cause of dyslexia
• Cause of vision problems
• Cause of sight disorders
• Cause of frustration
• Cause of poor behavior
• Cause of disinterest in school
• Cause of misbehavior
• Misdiagnosis (type of Medical misadventure)
• Misdiagnosis and Attention-Deficient Hyperactivity Disorder
• Misdiagnosis and ADHD
• Misdiagnosis and dyslexia
• Misdiagnosis and vision problems
• Misdiagnosis and sight disorders
• Misdiagnosis and misbehavior
• Misdiagnosis and poor behavior
• Misdiagnosis and poor concentration
• Misdiagnosis and reduced attention span
• Misdiagnosis and high level of distractibility
• Misdiagnosis and difficulty reading
• Misdiagnosis and easy fatigability
• Misdiagnosis and frequently losing their place
• Misdiagnosis and squinting
• Misdiagnosis and headaches

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