Symptoms of Down's syndrome in infants?

summary

Down's disease is a kind of congenital disease. The main problem of Down's disease is mental disorder. Down's disease is one of the most common chromosomal abnormalities, and it is also one of the main causes of mental retardation. It is a positive incidence. On average, one in every 800 newborns will have moderate and severe mental retardation. It may also be combined with other diseases, such as congenital heart disease, intestinal obstruction and so on. The clinical manifestation of Down's disease is that the patient's face is relatively special, two eyes are upturned, the bridge of the nose is flat, the tongue often sticks out, muscle weakness and through the hand. Next, let's talk about my experience.

Symptoms of Down's syndrome in infants?

First: children with Down's disease have obvious special features at birth, and they often have problems with feeding. Slowly with age, some of its intelligent performance will gradually obvious, this kind of children's movement development and sexual development is not also, sheep teeth, about 30% of the children, will be accompanied by congenital heart disease and other deformities.

Second: the complications of Down's disease include digestive organ malformations, such as congenital esophageal atresia, duodenal stenosis, anal lock and other symptoms, as well as congenital heart disease. The prevalence rate of Down's disease is as high as 40%, especially endocardial insufficiency, which is a high proportion. Usually, if early treatment is not carried out, it will be fatal.

Third: because the immune function of children with Down's disease is relatively low, they will easily suffer from various infections. The incidence of leukemia is also increased, 10-30 times. If they survive to adulthood, they will have Alzheimer's disease symptoms after the age of 30. Patients with this disease accompanied by organ malformation, the probability of mutation is also relatively high.

matters needing attention

Children with Down's disease and Down's syndrome are not uncorrectable. They can study, live and work like normal people through early intervention. Usually, giving birth to a baby with Down's syndrome is a great blow to the mother, so it is particularly important to provide mental care for the mother.