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Symptoms of Down Syndrome

__Thyroid Gland:__ People with Down Syndrome have increased risk of the Thyroid Gland not working. The Thyroid Gland is what controls metabolism. It occurs in about 1/3 of people with Down Syndrome. It happens because because of an absence of the Thyroid Gland at birth or because of an attack on the Thyroid Gland by the Immune System.

__Hearing Loss:__ 

People with Down Syndrome have a 40-80 percent chance of loss hearing. With attentive diagnosis and treatment we now have better treatments for people with Down Syndrome. Now 98% of the people with Down Syndrome are at normal hearing levels.

__Down Syndrome & Alzheimer's:__

People with Down Syndrome are at a much higher risk of developing Epilepsy or Alzheimer's Disease. Somewhere around 10-25% of people with Down Syndrome show signs of Alzheimer's Disease and 50% before age 50 and it goes up from there. That could be one of the reasons that people with Down Syndrome die earlier than an average human.

__Mental Characteristics:__

Most People with Down Syndrome have intellectual disability in the Mild IQ range to the moderate IQ range. The use of IQ tests to people with Down Syndrome has been criticized because the teats don't take into account disabilities like hearing and vision impairment that could slow them down and could lead to getting a lower score. Language skills show differences between understanding speech and understanding what you're saying. People with Down Syndrome usually have a speech delay. The level of mental retardation varies from person to person, but is usually moderate. Adults with Down syndrome have an increased risk for dementia.

__Infertility: __

 Males with Down Syndrome are usually not able to father a child. Females demonstrate very low rates and often have problems with miscarrige, having a child before ready, and difficult labor. Without gentetic diagnosis about half of the offspring of someone with Down Syndrome have Down Syndrome themselves. Men with Down Syndrome are usually unfertile.

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