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DownSyndrome

Presentation By: Katherine

Mateos

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Symptoms

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Life Expectancy

Down Syndrome canshorten life because itincreases the personsris for health

problems! "n the pasttwo decades howe#er$the life expectancyhas almost doubledfor people with DownSyndrome$ from %& to'(! Down Syndromeitself is not fatal!

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Physical si)ns

Physical si)ns ofDown Syndromeinclude: *lat face

+pward slanted eyes Deep palm creases ,hite spots in the

iris of eyes Loose li)aments Small hands Short nec -bnormally shaped

ears

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.ealth Problems

Down Syndrome putsone at a hi)her risfor: /on)enital heart

failure "ntestinal problems /eliac disease Eye Problems

0hyroid Dysfunction Seletal Problems Dementia

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1ther Symptoms

1ther symptoms canran)e from mild tose#ere! People withDown Syndrome ha#e

intellectual andde#elopmentaldisabilities 2"DDs3which limit intellectualand adapti#ebeha#iors! 0hey alsomay ha#e delayedlan)ua)ede#elopment and slowmotor de#elopment!

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/auses

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,hy "t .appens

0he reason for DownSyndrome is that thereis an extra chromosome!0his results in '4chromosomes instead of

'5! ,hen someone hasDown Syndrome$instead of ha#in) threecopies of chromosome%6 instead of the twothat they are supposedto ha#e! 0he cause ofthe extra chromosomehas not beendisco#ered!

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.ow "t -7ects 1therSystems

Down Syndromea7ects other systemsby puttin) you at risfor diseases that a7ect

#arious systems of thebody! -n example ofthis is that DownSyndrome may put one

at ris for con)enitalheart failure and in thatway a7ects the

cardio#ascular system!

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Pre#ention

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8is *actors

-lthou)h DownSyndrome cant becompletely a#oided$the followin) thin)smay increase the ris

for Down Syndrome! 1lder mothers

Mother exposed to 98ays

Parents carryin) theDown Syndrome )ene

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Epidemiolo)

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,hen was it ;rst seen>>years a)o resemblepeople with DownSyndrome!

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