2.+Symptoms+&+Signs

There are many symptoms that Down Syndrom can cause, they are the following:
> Some minor heart defects can be treated with medication but other, more serious defects, can be treated with surgery > Twelve precent of babies born with Down Syndrome experience intestinal situations and need surgery to treat it > More than sixty percent of children with Down Syndrome are affected by it. It is treatable by glasses or having eye surgery > About seventy five percent of children with the disease develop it. Some of the time the hearing loss is only temporary but other times it can last forever. > Most children with Down Syndrome tend to catch sicknesses much easier and faster than children without the disease > About one percent of babies with down syndrome develop this problem > Fewer than one in one hundred children develop this so it is very unlikely. If caught though at an early stage, it can be treated with chemotherapy. > Most adults with Down Syndrome start to develop this at a very early age in life, around thirty five years of age
 * **Heart Disease - **
 * **Intestinal Defects - **
 * **Vision Defects - **
 * **Hearing Loss - **
 * **Infections - **
 * **Thyroid Problems - **
 * **Leukemia - **
 * **<span style="font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">Memory Loss - **

<span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">There are also many physical signs as well, they are the following:

 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The eyes are slanted upward
 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The person tends to have small ears that may fold up a little at the top
 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The person has a small mouth
 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">They have a small, flattened nose
 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The person has a very small neck
 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">They have either small hands or feet
 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">The person could have low muscle tone
 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">They could also have short stature in childhood and adulthood
 * <span style="color: #750eb4; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif;">This baby pictured here has some common signs of down syndrome, including a small neck and flattened nose.