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Mental retardation: Causes, Symptoms and Diagnosis

MENTAL RETARDATION

⁃ it is the condition when person suffering from intelectual disablity and general learning disability.
⁃ Average of below inteligence evident before the age of 18 associated with impaired learning or communication , poor social , community , or interpersonal adjustment, and inability to function independently such as to suppory oneself , to safely and healthy.
⁃ CAUSES:-
⁃ Some time person have injuries that occur during fetal or embryonic development such as, exposurebto infections or toxins in utero.
⁃ Genetic syndrome
⁃ Childhood exposure to toxins
⁃ Down syndrome
⁃ Social or emotional deprivation during infancy or childhood all many contribute to impairements in intellectual development.
⁃ SYMPTOMS:-
⁃ Restlessness
⁃ Hyperactivity
⁃ Talking late or trouble with walking .
⁃ Difficulty remembering things.
⁃ Crawling
⁃ DIAGNOSIS:-
⁃ tests done
⁃ Intelligence test IQ  tests for checking IQ levels of patient to diagnose mental retardation.
⁃ If poor scorrd on thesetests corelate wirh observed difficulties in adaptation to the environment.

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