Patient's question:
When my husband called me today and said the baby was rushed to a regular hospital for a physical examination and was found to have Down syndrome, I almost broke down. How is Down syndrome in children diagnosed?Doctor's answer:
According to your description. Down syndrome, also known as Trisomy 21, is a genetic disorder. The main symptoms include distinctive facial features, such as wide-set eyes, a flat nasal bridge, small palpebral fissures, slanted lateral eyes, epicanthal folds, small ears, a protruding tongue that often sticks out, excessive drooling, short stature, a smaller head circumference than normal, a shorter anteroposterior head diameter, a flat occiput resulting in a brachycephalic head shape, a short neck, and loose skin. It is recommended that the characteristic facial features, hand characteristics, and intellectual disability of this disease are the key features of the condition. Diagnosis still relies on karyotype analysis of chromosomes. Wishing you good health.