DOWN SYNDROME
Disease information
DOWN SYNDROME
The
syndrome
of Down is commonest of the
genetic
defects of the human being, does not have cures
but
with
a
suitable
attention
, the people who suffer can
develop
it some capacities and to have
a
healthful life and with quality.
It affects all the races and economic levels the same and one calculates that approximately one of
each
1. 000 babies is born with this upheaval.
It is characterized by
a
subnormal intelligence that is defined less as CI or an Intellectual Quotient of 70 or, than prevents that the person learns correctly. This manifestation sometimes begins to notice nevertheless when the
children
go to the school, since are born present / display some physical characteristics that characterize them.
It is
a
complex
problem
, since near 30 to 50 percents of the babies with the
Syndrome
of Down, also they have
congenital
defects of the heart and many present / display deficiencies in their
visual
and auditory capacities, in addition to other
problems
of
health
.
The gravity of all these
problems
varies enormously of case to case,
but
taken care of adapted and opportunely the
children
and
children
they can be developed suitably physically and socially.
In
Mexico
, one calculates that approximately 250. 000 people with
Syndrome
of Down exist. The life expectancy for them is more or less of 55 years.
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