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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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