Symptoms of trisomy 18 during pregnancy

summary

Down's syndrome, also known as trisomy 21 syndrome, is a disease caused by chromosomal abnormality (one more chromosome 21). 60% of the patients had abortion in the early intrauterine period. The survivors had obvious mental retardation, special face, growth and development disorder and multiple malformations. Trisomy 18 pregnancy symptoms? Let's talk about it.

Symptoms of trisomy 18 during pregnancy

(1) Mental retardation: mild to moderate, mostly moderate mental retardation. Their intelligence gradually decreases with age. Their age increases from 1 to 10 years old, and their average intelligence quotient (IQ) decreases from 58 to below 40. IQ was relatively stable in adolescence, and then decreased.

(2) Language development disorder: the average age of children who began to learn to speak was 4-6 years old, and 95% of them had pronunciation defects, blurry speech, stuttering and low voice; More than 1 / 3 of them had abnormal rhythm, even explosive pronunciation.

(3) Behavior disorder: most patients are mild, often giggle, like to imitate and repeat some simple actions, can carry out simple labor, a few patients are irritable, capricious, hyperactive, and even destructive aggressive behavior, some show a tendency to shrink, accompanied by tension posture.

matters needing attention

1. Parents should adjust their own mentality, treat the children with trisomy 21 with a good attitude, take responsibility bravely, and take care of this unfortunate and fragile life with double love. 2. During pregnancy, the mother should do a good job in relevant examination, and explain the marriage and pregnancy history with the doctor, so that the doctor can provide better advice.