Prognosis of Down Syndrome

Prognosis of Down Syndrome: Moderate. Survival rates are high but with mental retardation and a reduced life span due to various conditions. ...see also Overview of Down Syndrome

Complications:

Complications of Down Syndrome may include:

• Difficulty breastfeeding - from tongue and mouth abnormalities.
• Mental retardation
• Enlarged tongue
• Round facial features
• Flattened facial features (see Facial feature symptoms)
• more complications...»

Complications of Down Syndrome from the Diseases Database include:

• Palmoplantar keratosis
• Brachydactyly
• Dizzyness
• Nausea and vomiting
• Brachycephaly
• more complications...»

See also complications of Down Syndrome.

Survival Rate Statistics for Down Syndrome

The following are statistics from various sources about the survival rate for Down Syndrome:

• People with Down syndrome typically live to about 55 years or longer in the US (Association for Children with Down Syndrome)
• more survival rate statistics...»

Down Syndrome: Research More

• Down Syndrome: Introduction
• Symptoms: Down Syndrome
• Complications: Down Syndrome

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Down Syndrome usually refers to the likely outcome of Down Syndrome. The prognosis of Down Syndrome may include the duration of Down Syndrome, chances of complications of Down Syndrome, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Down Syndrome, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Down Syndrome. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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