What are the symptoms of Down syndrome?

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Pregnant in October, is hard, but also very happy. After pregnancy, we must do a good job of prenatal examination, can't think nothing, have a fluke psychology not to check. Among them, Down's screening is an important item of prenatal examination, which is an effective control method to prevent the birth of Down's children. What are the symptoms of Down syndrome? Let's talk about it

What are the symptoms of Down syndrome?

Children with obvious special facial signs, such as wide eye distance, low and flat nasal root, small eye fissure, lateral oblique eye, epicanthus, small external ear, fat tongue, often extending out of the mouth, salivation. Short stature, less than normal head circumference, short anterior and posterior head diameter, flat occipital head. The neck is short and the skin is loose. Bone age often lags behind age, and tooth emergence is delayed and often dislocated. The hair is soft and thin.

The anterior fontanel was closed late, and the third fontanel could be found in the midline of parietooccipital. The limbs are short. Due to the loose ligaments, the joints can be excessively bent. The fingers are thick and short. The middle segment bone of the little finger is dysplasia, which makes the little finger bend inward. The phalanges are short. The trigeminal point of the palm moves to the distal end. It is common to pass through the palmprint and the grass shoe foot. About half of the children have bow shaped dermatoglyphs at the bulb of the big toe.

Children are often accompanied with congenital heart disease and other malformations. Due to the low immune function, they are prone to various infections. The incidence of leukemia is 10-30 times higher than that in general. If they survive to adulthood, they often appear after 30 years old.

matters needing attention

Society should give them more resources for medical treatment and special education. Special education for such a special group can, to a certain extent, narrow the gap between them and normal children in terms of intelligence and behavioral ability, and even enable them to receive the same education as normal children after this stage of special education, so that they have certain work skills, so as to go to work in the future.