Adolescent Behaviours . . . . .

Medically Treatable Adolescent Irritability & Behavioural Changes

Contemporary Australian General Practice Research 
Purpose of Study: Behavioural changes in adolescents presenting in a suburban general practice can be influenced by medical and nutritional therapies. Back to Adolescent Behavior top

Objectives of Presentation:

To allow health and educational workers to identify a symptom cluster characteristic of potentially treatable adolescents with behavioural changes.

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Methods:

Long term work with general practice patients has allowed identification of a characteristic symptom cluster. Longitudinal case control observations of these identified patients has further identified consistent patterns of pathology testing and responses to treatment.

Results and Findings:

This symptom cluster in adolescents consists of:

Fatigue, Sweaty hands, Abdominal Pain, Loss of Balance. A characteristic learning disability may also be present. Many of the adolescents also show irritability, poor memory and concentration, episodes of anger and deteriorating school performance. Back to Adolescent Behavior top

These basic symptoms form a distinct reliably recognisable case description.

Illness appears over a very long time and very gradually, though may be exacerbated substantially by the appearance of puberty.

The symptom cluster is associated with a characteristic profile of pathology blood test results. The blood tests measure nutrition and inflammation.

The challenge is to diagnose the symptom cluster early and to prevent progressive worsening of the symptoms. Failure to identify affected children results in a very poor outlook for the affected children. Learning disabilities and social complications are common long term difficulties experienced by these adolescents.

Treatment can alter the behavioural problems and improve learning outcomes.



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Bad behaviour is often blamed on bad upbringing, poor opportunities and life difficulties. Irritability, violence, anger, mood swings, learning difficulties, school problems may however may have other contributing factors in their genesis. Factors that most people don’t realise that something can be done about, using medications and simple nutritional changes, not just punishment and education. In the Paill Spectrum model of disease, it becomes apparent that in fact the perpetrators may be the real victims.













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Adolescent Behaviours . . . . .

Adolescent behavioural changes may be due to a medical condition.  Typical bad behaviors include anger, violence, irritability, rage, vandalism, and relationship problems.  Other symptoms of the syndrome include chronic fatigue, tiredness, sleepy, memory loss, jitters and panics, anxiety attacks, dizziness or loss of balance, aches and pains such as sore elbows, sore chest, abdominal pain, sore backs of knees, sore Achilles tendons, sore and stiff hands.