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Why do you think so many of today's kids have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder?

5 doctors weighed in across 2 answers

Adhd: I personally think that there is something environmental affecting brain neurochemistry at young ages. Is it milk? Vaccines? Microwaves? Tv?

Answered 7/17/2012

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Dr. Carla Enriquez answered

Specializes in Pediatrics

More awareness: There's more awareness & acceptance of this diagnosis. It's always been with us, ~5% of the us population, but it went undignosed in children for too long. There is no evidence that anything other than inheritance & neurotrauma (prenatal nicotine, alcohol, mj, Cocaine exposure; prematurity, inflammation, perinatal stress, multiple births, oxygen deprivation, or intrauterine malnutrition)are cause.

Answered 4/19/2018

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