Colon Trouble Diagnosed as ADHD

Austin Harris was hailed as �the poster child for Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder.� He was the child no one wanted to be around and was kicked out of eleven preschools in three years for doing every thing from shouting obscenities and hitting other children, to poking a teacher in the eye with a pencil. He was prescribed stimulants.

But something unexpected happened after Austin went to the hospital to have a blockage removed from his colon. The child no one wanted to be around was no longer terrorizing his teachers and classmates. Instead Austin, who is now 10, was able to sit quietly and was a joy to be around. He gave up the medication.

According to leading pediatric gastroenterologists, the connection between behavior and chronic constipation in children is not uncommon. �The bad behaviors disappear as soon as the impaction is removed,� said Dr. Paul Hyman, chief of pediatric gas troenterology at the University of Kansas Medical Center in Kansas City. Hyman said that the negative behavior can be caused by fear and pain the child may not even be aware of.

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