ADD, ADHD and Organophosphates
A recent report indicated that there appears to be a link between ADD or ADHD and organophosphate chemicals ( malathion, Diazinon®, parathion, and Dursban® ). Many parents have noted that chemicals can adversely affect how their children feel, act, behave and learn. My book entitled “Our Toxic World, a Wake Up Call” discusses this in great detail.
Who is most apt to have this type of problem? The children (or adults) who have obvious allergies or very allergic close relatives.
How can you tell by looking at a child (or adult)? They tend to have red earlobes or cheeks, dark eye circles, bags under their eyes, nose rubbing and/or wiggly legs just before sudden unexplained changes in their activity and behavior.
How can you figure out the specific cause? If it is a chemical, the above changes occur within minutes after smelling something such as lawn spray, fabric softeners, a perfume, a pesticide, a smelly disinfectant or deodorant, aerial fogging for insects, natural gas odor leaks from a stove or furnace, swimming pool chemicals, freshly dry cleaned clothing, a new synthetic mattress or carpet. (Similar changes might also be noted within an hour after an allergic child with ADHD is exposed to dust, molds, pollen or certain foods.) Sometimes such reactions, especially to foods, can be stopped in about 15 minutes with a teaspoon of baking soda in water.
How can such reactions be treated?
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The best treatment is avoidance. Exhale as hard as you can and get away from the offending odor as soon as possible and breathe cleaner air.
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If the reaction is extreme, go to an emergency room. Oxygen at 6 liters per minute, at a few ten minute intervals, typically helps.
There are also some newer ways to treat allergies called Provocation/Neutralization and it is possible to treat some chemical sensitivities, such as to chlorine, fluoride or hydrocarbons or formaldehyde, with an allergy extract.


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