Down syndrome , everyone has heard of it, it is a child suffering from Down syndrome. What is Down syndrome? Patients with Down syndrome all over the world look almost exactly the same, commonly known as the "congenital foolish type", which is the most common disease caused by chromosomal abnormalities in humans. Their common characteristics originate from the 21st pair of chromosomes that are more than normal people. The extra chromosome will affect the development of the fetus' brain and body, thus causing a series of intellectual and physical dysfunctions. Patients with Down syndrome generally have lower IQ (IQ) than normal children.
Down syndrome is a very harmful pediatric developmental behavioral disease. Parents should pay attention to this disease. If children with Down syndrome are not treated correctly in time, it will have a great impact on their children. What are the dangers of Down syndrome?
1. Physical development is lagging behind : Children with normal height are shorter, their teeth are also slower, their fingers are thick and short, and their fingers are not flexible in movement and their movements are slow, which is significantly slower than normal children.
2. Coexisting malformations : Many children with Down syndrome have symptoms of congenital heart disease, and some have thyroid diseases, which will seriously affect the healthy growth of the child and bring many inconveniences that make the child unable to live normally.
3. Language development disorder : Children with Down syndrome have many speech defects and speech unclear speech, and will speak much later than normal children, and their voices are hoarse, which seriously affects communication with normal people.
4. Special face : I don’t think that the head is smaller and very round, the distance between eyes is very wide, and it is accompanied by slanting the outer corners of the eyes and a low nose bridge. In more serious cases, the tongue will extend out of the mouth and drool a lot. Parents do not notice that their children must pay attention to this. Do not care about their children’s Down syndrome.
What are the symptoms of Down syndrome
1. The child is usually short and has loose skin. Bone age often lags behind age, delayed teething and often misaligned. The hair is thin and soft and less. When the anterior fontanelle is closed late, there may be a third fontanelle in the midline of the occipital occipital. The limbs are short, and due to the relaxed ligaments, the joints can be excessively bent, the fingers are thick and short, and the middle joint of the little finger is dysplasia, causing the little finger to bend inward, the finger bones are short, and the three-point point of the palm is distantly distal. It is common to penetrate the palm lines and straw sandal feet. About half of the children with the big toe ball are arch-shaped leather lines.
2. Children with Down syndrome will have different degrees of mental retardation, and as they grow older, they will become more and more obvious, and their movements will be delayed and sexual development will be delayed.
3. Children are often accompanied by other deformities such as congenital heart disease, followed by gastrointestinal deformities, palate, cleft lip, and multiple fingers (toe) deformities. This type of child is usually immune to low and prone to various infections, and is prone to leukemia. Boys also have symptoms of cryptorchidism, small penis, and infertility.
34 or above are high-risk groups that gave birth to Down syndrome children. Therefore, if you want a baby, try not to be an elderly mother. If you are an elderly mother, don’t miss all examinations during pregnancy to minimize the risk. Down syndrome is a disease that cannot be changed in a lifetime and cannot be treated or cured. What we can do is help and train children to master life skills and try to make them have the ability to live independently. Pay attention to monitoring other health problems, early detection and early treatment.
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