Down Syndrome
Tyler Mosimann
Description
- person born with extra chromosome on the first dna link
- physical problems
- intellectual disabilities
causes/complications
causes
- get 47 instead of 46 chromosomes
- it inherits from the parents
complications
- you cant walk right
- speaking right
- congenital heartbreak
- increase of pulmonary hypertension
- hearing lost
- problem being understood
testing/treatments
Treatments
- speech therapy
- physical therapy
- occupational therapy
- educational therapy
- genetic test
- genetic ultrasound
- amniocentesis
prevention/life outlook
there is no prevention for it.
life outlook
- having babies before 30
- genetic testing
- provide for the children for life