Characteristics of Down syndrome children

If any female friend has ever experienced pregnancy, then she must be familiar with Down syndrome. Because in the early stages of pregnancy, it is necessary to test for Down syndrome. If discovered, the pregnancy should be terminated immediately. Maybe you have only heard of Down syndrome, but don’t know the harm it can cause to children with Down syndrome, so today we will introduce to you the characteristics of children with Down syndrome. So, what are the characteristics of children with Down syndrome?

1. Children with Down syndrome have obvious facial features at birth: wide-set eyes, low nose bridge, small palpebral fissures, upward slanting eyes, tongue that often sticks out of the mouth, and excessive drooling.

2. They basically start learning to speak at the age of 4 to 6, and their pronunciation is inaccurate, their articulation is unclear, and they may stutter.

3. He is relatively short and has serious tooth misalignment. The fingers are thicker and shorter than normal; the limbs are short and the joints can bend excessively.

4. The child's motor development is slow, and he can only perform simple movements, but he is still uncoordinated, clumsy, and walks unsteadily.

5. Often giggle, like to imitate and repeat some simple actions, and have a relatively mild mood, but some patients may also be emotionally tense.

6. Children with Down syndrome usually suffer from congenital heart disease, are susceptible to infectious diseases and leukemia, have visual impairment, and low immunity.

7. There will be differences between male and female Down syndrome patients when they grow up. Male patients will not be able to reproduce, while female patients with Down syndrome will have menstruation and may be able to reproduce when they grow up.

1. Postural disorders. Symptoms of Down syndrome children after birth: Postural disorders. Specific manifestations: 1. Children with Down syndrome have abnormal body postures and poor posture stability; 2. Their postures are awkward when exercising or at rest, and the left and right sides are asymmetrical; 3. In some severe cases, the head is often not in the vertical center position like that of normal children, but tends to lean to one side, or sway left and right, front and back.

2. Symptoms of intellectual disability in children with Down syndrome after birth: intellectual disability. Specific manifestations: 1. Among all children with Down syndrome, about

1/4. 2. Those with mild or moderate intellectual disabilities account for about 1/2, and those with severe intellectual disabilities account for about 1/4.

3. Language disorders. Symptoms of Down syndrome children after birth: language disorders. Specific manifestations: 1. Most children with Down syndrome may have language disorders to varying degrees; 2. Some have difficulty expressing themselves or forming words, and some have unclear pronunciation or stuttering; 3. Some also have aphasia, that is, they can understand other people's language but cannot speak themselves. This situation is particularly common in children with athetoid Down syndrome.

4. Visual and hearing impairments. Symptoms of Down syndrome children after birth: visual and hearing impairments. Specific manifestations: 1. Many children with Down syndrome have myopia or strabismus, among which esotropia is the most common; 2. Hearing loss is more common in children with athetoid Down syndrome. Children with Down syndrome often have difficulty distinguishing the rhythm of sounds.

5. Symptoms of tooth development disorders in children with Down syndrome after birth: tooth development disorders. Specific performance:

1. Most children with Down syndrome have underdeveloped teeth, loose teeth and are prone to decay; 2. The incidence of various dental diseases is higher than that of normal children.

6. Symptoms of facial dysfunction in Down syndrome children after birth: facial function dysfunction. Specific manifestations: 1. Some children with Down syndrome show obvious spasms or uncoordinated contractions of the facial muscles and tongue muscles. This can cause children to have difficulty chewing and swallowing, difficulty closing their mouth, and drooling. 2. Male babies with Down syndrome will not be able to reproduce when they grow up to puberty. Female babies with Down syndrome will have menstruation when they grow up and may have children. 3. Children with this disease often have other malformations such as congenital heart disease. Due to their low immune function, they are susceptible to various infections, and the incidence of leukemia is 10 to 30 times higher than normal. If they survive into adulthood, they often develop symptoms of Alzheimer's disease after the age of 30.