Down Syndrome
Alternate Names : Trisomy 21
Down Syndrome Complications
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Vision problems
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Hearing loss
- Cardiac abnormalities
- Increased incidence of acute leukemia
- Frequent ear infections and increased susceptibility to infection in general
- Gastrointestinal obstruction (imperforate anus, and similar problems)
- Esophageal atresia or duodenal atresia
- Blocked airways during sleep (one third of patients)
- Increased incidence of dementia in older patients
- Instability of the back bones at the top of the neck, compression injury of the spinal cord
There is a risk that uninformed people may assume a Down syndrome child is more retarded than he or she is.
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