Wednesday, 17 August 2011

Symptoms Of Down Syndrome

Children with Down syndrome have distinctive facial appearance. Although all children with Down syndrome have the same characteristics, some of the most common are:

Flattened facial features

Small head

Short neck

Protruding tongue

The upward slanting eyes, unusual for an ethnic group of children

Unusually shaped ears

Down children can also be:

Low muscle tone

Broad hands and short with a single crease in the palm of the hand

Relatively short fingers

Excessive flexibility

Infants down can be a medium size, but usually grow slowly and are shorter than other children the same age. In general, the stages of development as sitting and crawling, occurs in about twice the age of children without impairment. Children up to a certain degree of mental retardation, usually mild to moderate range.

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