How to manage ADHD in my 6-year-old son?

Question

Hi doctor,

I am not living with my husband and we have a six-year-old boy. My child is living with my husband only. He used to meet me for some time and tell me all the information about what he had done.

Before four years, when he was 2 years old, my husband banged my son's head five to six times on the wall and made his nose bleed. Now, we got to know that my son has ADHD. Now, what should I do to know whether my son is fine?

Please help.

Thank you.

Answer 1

Hi,

Welcome to icliniq.com.

First of all, let me tell you that you are doing a great job managing a kid with ADHD (attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder) along with some family issues, which you mentioned.

Regarding the head-banging episode, which you had mentioned was four years back, when he was around two years old. A two-year-old kid remembering the episode correctly is not very likely, but it can also be true since it would have been very traumatic to him. Coming to the severity of the injury, if at all it happened, the face was banged or the nose was injured, which can cause bleeding.

The head banging alone, causing nose bleeding, indicates some severe injury, which might not be the case here, since there was no immediate problem apart from the nose bleed after the episode at that time. To rule out any internal injury, only a head scan can reveal.

You need to meet your pediatrician once and brief the episode, and based on their clinical examination, if he or she find any neurological deficit and a head scan can be planned. ADHD can happen as a sequel to a bad head injury, which is unlikely since there were no immediate problems after the head-banging episode.