What are the symptoms of pregnancy with Down syndrome?

In fact, no parent wants to see a child with Down syndrome, because the child has relatively low intelligence, physical defects, and a shorter lifespan than normal. To prevent Down syndrome, necessary examinations are generally carried out around sixteen weeks of pregnancy. This is an important item in prenatal examinations, so parents should pay more attention to it.

What is Down syndrome?

Down syndrome, also known as "congenital idiocy", is one of the most common birth defects in my country. It is the most common chromosomal disease in humans and the first to be confirmed. We all know that normal people have 23 pairs of chromosomes, each pair of chromosomes consists of two chromosomes, which means 46 chromosomes in total. Compared with normal people, children with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome 21 in their cells, which means there are 47 chromosomes in total, so it is also called trisomy 21 syndrome.

The occurrence of Down syndrome children is accidental and random, and every healthy couple cannot rule out this potential risk; it occurs without any signs, no family history, and no clear history of exposure to poisons. Current research shows that older pregnant women and aging eggs are important causes of Down syndrome.

"What are the specific symptoms of Down's syndrome?"

The symptoms of Down syndrome patients know no national boundaries or races, and the characteristics of Down syndrome children are very obvious and similar.

The most prominent manifestations of Down syndrome children are mental retardation and slower growth and development than their peers. The specific manifestations are:

1. Severe intellectual disability and mental retardation. Intelligence is 1/4-1/2 of normal people of the same age.

2. Some children have congenital heart disease, gastrointestinal malformations, leukemia, etc.

3. Weird face, low-set ears, wide-set eyes, thick skin on the neck, and limb deformities.

How to solve the problem of Down syndrome? There is no solution because, up to now, there is neither effective prevention nor treatment for this disease in medicine. It can only be detected as early as possible through prenatal examinations and pregnancy screening, and the pregnancy can be terminated to prevent the birth of the child.

So, take it seriously! Don’t take pre-pregnancy checkups and pregnancy checkups lightly anymore!

The following groups of people should do a good job of pre-pregnancy check-up!

▌ One of the spouses is older;

▌Take teratogenic drugs before or after pregnancy, such as tetracycline;

▌One of the spouses works under a radioactive screen or in a polluted environment for a long time;

▌The mother has a history of viral infection before and after pregnancy, such as influenza, rubella, etc.;

▌When conceiving, one of the spouses has chromosomal abnormalities;

▌Those with a history of habitual miscarriage, premature birth or stillbirth;

4. Incomplete development of bones and muscles.