What are the symptoms of Down syndrome?

Children with Down syndrome have special facial features, intellectual disability, developmental delay, etc. These are common sense and are caused by chromosomal abnormalities. During pregnancy, you should follow the doctor's advice and go to the hospital for regular prenatal check-ups. If a high risk of having a child with Down syndrome is detected during the check-up, the pregnancy needs to be terminated as soon as possible.

1. Special facial features: Children with Down syndrome are also known as trisomy 21. The distance between the two eyes of the child is relatively wide, the eyesight is very poor, the lens in the eye area is cloudy, the nose bridge is relatively low, the mouth is open and the tongue is stuck out, and there is a lot of saliva. Because the child's cranial suture is relatively wide, the front chest door will be large and will be delayed in closing, and the child has relatively less hair.

2. Mental retardation: Children with Down syndrome have obvious mental retardation, and may also have congenital heart disease, digestive tract malformations, hypothyroidism, etc., which will seriously affect the growth and development of children;

3. Developmental delay: Due to chromosomal abnormalities, the lesions will cause various deformities. If the child cannot eat normally, it will affect the growth and development of the child, drive developmental delay, and cause short limbs and delayed teething. Both motor development and sexual development will be affected. In order to achieve the effect of eugenics, you must follow the doctor's advice before and after pregnancy, and go to the hospital for regular prenatal check-ups. You can continue the pregnancy only when there are no abnormalities. This is beneficial to your own and your baby's health.