The Mongolian Child
It is called a patient with Down Syndrome, and is considered to be a chromosomal syndrome due to a defect during chromosome division 21, which is divided into three chromosomes instead of only two during the primary stage of fertilization. The child may be diagnosed with this disease by amniocentesis Onset of pregnancy, screening of chromosomes in the mother’s blood, or using ultrasound after the eleventh week of pregnancy, most cases can only be detected after birth.
Discrimination of the Mongolian child
The Mongolian child can be identified by some formal and mental specifications. However, these commonly recognized signs are not sufficient to diagnose the child’s illness. Medical tests and tests should be used to check for infection.
Formal qualities
- Smallness in chin area.
- An occasional inclination in the anus, with some of the dorsal veins within each eye, and the presence of some white spots in the iris.
- Flatten in the nose area.
- Lack of homogeneity in muscle work.
- The presence of one fold in the soles of each hand, and increasing the number of aliases in the footprint of the natural form.
- This is due to the narrowing of the mouth cavity, or to the big tongue, about the normal size of the human being, making it closer to the throat area.
- Shorten the area of the neck.
- Palace of body stature.
- Severe relaxation of the joints of the body.
- Wide head and round face.
- Flatten the area of the feet, with a dividing part between the big finger and the next finger.
mental capacities
Some signs of mental retardation and low IQ appear in most children with Down’s syndrome, especially in their early years, with a low to moderate IQ, and IQ may be slightly higher than that of children with Down Syndrome.
Diseases affecting the Mongolian child
The possibility of exposure of the Mongolian child to a number of different diseases, including:
- Most of the time they may develop congenital defects in the shape of the heart and appear as defects in the ventricular septum of the heart.
- Disturbances in the thyroid.
- Diabetes.
- Increased incidence of retinal disorders.
- Impaired hearing, and inflammation of the middle ear.
- The rates of infection of the Mongolian child with various cancers, except for leukemia.
- Note: There is no actual medical treatment for Down syndrome, but there are some medical drugs that reduce some of the complications and symptoms that accompany the child.