How Down's Syndrome Sleeps

Generally, when you are pregnant, you must remember to do regular prenatal checkups, which includes Down syndrome screening. If you find that the baby is Down syndrome, you must terminate the pregnancy in time, otherwise it will be too late to regret when the child is born. Children with Down syndrome usually have widely spaced eyes and a flabby body. When observed, they have small eyes, dull eyeballs, and obvious intellectual disabilities. Generally, these children will have intellectual problems when they grow up.

The children have obvious special facial features, such as wide-set eyes, low nasal root, small palpebral fissures, upward slanting eyes, epicanthus, small external ears, fat tongue that often sticks out of the mouth, and excessive drooling. He is short in stature, with a smaller head circumference than normal, short front and back diameters of the head, and a flat head with a flat occipital region. Short neck and loose skin. Bone age often lags behind age, and tooth eruption is delayed and often misaligned. The hair is fine and sparse. The anterior fontanelle closes late, and a third fontanelle may appear in the midline of the parietal-occipital area. The limbs are short. Due to loose ligaments, the joints can bend excessively. The fingers are thick and short. The middle phalanx of the little finger is underdeveloped, causing the little finger to bend inward. The phalanges are short, and the trifurcation of the palm is displaced distally. It is common to see through palm lines and straw sandal feet. About half of the children have arched skin lines on the ball of the big toe.

The affected children have distinctive facial features at birth and often suffer from lethargy and feeding difficulties. As they grow older, their mental retardation becomes increasingly apparent, and their motor and sexual development are delayed. About 30% of children have other malformations such as congenital heart disease. Due to low immune function, they are susceptible to various infections and the incidence of leukemia increases by 10 to 30 times. If they survive into adulthood, symptoms of Alzheimer's disease often appear after age 30.

Children with Down syndrome have the following characteristics:

The baby has a flat face, narrow eyes and a wide nose. The back of the head and neck is flat.

When you hold a baby, you will find that its body is particularly weak and loose. The little finger is shorter and there is only one horizontal line in the palm.

Mental retardation and slow physical development. Many babies with Down syndrome may also have congenital defects of the heart and other organs.

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.