Patient's question:
Tian Shen has double eyelids, short legs, and was born without a joint on her pinky finger.Doctor's answer:
Analysis of the condition: Down syndrome is a series of genetic disorders, the most representative of which is the trisomy of chromosome 21, leading to severe deformities including learning disabilities, intellectual disabilities, and disabilities. The main characteristics of children with Down syndrome are intellectual disability, delayed physical development, and a distinctive facial appearance. The children have wide-set eyes, a flat nose bridge, small palpebral fissures, upward slanting outer corners of the eyes, epicanthal folds, small ears, a narrow and small hard palate, and the tongue often protrudes outside the mouth with excessive drooling. They are short in stature, have a smaller head circumference than normal, bone age often lags behind chronological age, delayed tooth eruption, and teeth are often malpositioned. Their hair is fine, soft, and sparse. Their limbs are short, and due to ligamentous laxity, joints can be excessively flexible. Their fingers are thick and short, and the little fingers often curve inward.Recommendations: Based on your brief description and the symptoms similar to those of children with Down syndrome, it is preliminarily suspected that your child may have Down syndrome. Please seek medical diagnosis at the hospital. We wish your child a speedy recovery.