How can you tell if you have down syndrome?!


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Im just wondering how you can tell if someone has down syndrome?
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Symptoms

Individuals with Down Syndrom may not experience all of the symtoms. Some of the common symptoms are: decreased muscle tone at birth, asymmetrical or odd-shaped skull, round head with flat area at the back of the head, small skull, slanting eyes, small mouth with protruding tongue (see tongue problems), broad short hands, single crease on the palm, retarded growth and development, delayed mental and social skills (mental retardation)

What are the physical Characteristics?

Children with Down Syndrome have a widely recognized characteristic appearance. Their head may be smaller than normal (microcephaly) and abnormally shaped. Other prominent characteristics are: a flattened nose, protruding tongue, upward slanting eyes, short hands and fingers, and a single crease in the palm.

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The for-sure test is to check their cells for an extra 21st chromosome.
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down_syndrome

Down sydrome people have a look about them.

IF YOU DID SOMEONE WOULD HAVE TOLD YOU BELEIVE ME. IT WOULD HAVE BEEN ALONG TIME AGO TOO

If you have downs syndrome-ask your parents or see a doctor. If you think that someone else does-ask them.

ask your parents..

people with down syndrome still know what is going on SO iam assuming there slow and they have distinct facial features eyes that are far away and almond shaped a large forhead and if you look in their mouth the roof of their mouth is higher than normal people

General characteristics
Most children with Down syndrome have some of the following physical traits:

Short stature. A child often grows slowly and, as an adult, is shorter than average.
Weak muscles (hypotonia) throughout the body. A child may seem to have less strength than other children of the same age. Weak abdominal muscles also make the stomach stick out. Normally, children's stomach muscles gradually strengthen around age 2.
A short, wide neck with excess fat and skin. Usually, this trait is less obvious as the child gets older.
Short, stocky arms and legs. Some children also have a wide space between the big toe and second toe.
A single crease across the center of the palms of the hands. This is called a transverse palmar crease or simian line.
Source(s):
http://www.webmd.com/hw/health_guide_atoz/hw167811.asp

"DE DE DE" as to quote Carlos Mencia

Count the chromosomes!
Source(s):
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Down's_syndrome

If you are in a gang.. because you are so down with your peeps.
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