DOWN SYMDROME

DEFINITION

• Down syndrome is a genetic condition
• That affects chromosome 21.

SYMPTOMS

• Short and weak
• Heart defects
• Slow learning
• Poor judgement
• Cognitive disability

PHYSICAL CAUSE

• Increases with the age of the mother
• Although younger woman due to higher fertility rate
• 80% of children with Down syndrome are born with
• A mother under 35 years of age.

🏥TREATMENT/CURE🏥

• There is no treatment or cure
• For Down syndrome, but you may
• Need surgery at birth.

GENETIC CAUSE

• Trisomy 21-when you have 3 copies of chromosome 21.
• Mosaic Down syndrome-when abnormal cell Division after fertilization.
• Translocation Down syndrome when chromosome 21 attaches to another
• Chromosome.

CHANCE OF HAPPENING AGAIN

• If the father is a carrier the
• Chance is 3%.
• If a mother is a carrier the chance
• Is 10-15%.
• At 40 years it is 1 in 10

RECOMMENDATION TO PARENTS

• If you have a child with
• This disorder the chance of
• Having another child with
• Down syndrome is 1%.

SOURCES

• Www.children.webmd.com
• Ndss.org
• Health.nytimes.com
• Mayoclinic.com