Medical term:

constitutional

[kon″stĭ-too´shun-al]

1. pertaining to the constitution.

2. affecting the whole constitution of the body; not local.

constitutional disease one involving a system of organs or one with widespread symptoms.

con·sti·tu·tion·al

(kon'sti-tū'shŭn-ăl),

1. Relating to a body's constitution.

2. General; relating to the system as a whole; not local.

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con·sti·tu·tion·al

(kon'sti-tū'shŭn-ăl)

1. Relating to a body's constitution.

2. General; relating to the system as a whole; not local.

Patient discussion about constitutional

Q. What really constitutes ADD? Don't all kids have short attention spans because they are curious? What I'm saying is. I'm a very curious fellow, so, therefore, I cannot hold my attention to one thing for more than a minute. Does this mean I have ADD?

A. to what you said about how come they didn't have all these problems lots of years ago, I'll have to say it is true the kids today have a lot more stimulations than what kids had a 100 years ago, though, these problems- ADD and ADHD did exist, even with less things around to lose focus to. even about 20 years ago, when the awareness was too small, teachers just called these kids "stupid" or slow, cause they wern't able to listen for a long period of time and then did'nt know what to answer when asked. the awareness helped save lots of very smart focusless kids...

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