downs syndrome
Ageing and its consequences for people with Down's syndrome
The importance of supporting children with special needs so that they have the opportunity to acquire the necessary educational, living and social skills to equip them for adult life has been recognised for some time. However, in contrast, the needs of adults, and the import...read more
Atrioventicular Septal Defect with Fallot's Tetralogy
A small percentage of babies have a complex heart condition which combines the most common defect associated with Down’s Syndrome, the Atrioventricular Septal Defect (AVSD) with another defect called Fallot’s Tetralogy.Generally it is possible to...read more
Down syndrome: something went wrong with my chromosomes
Down syndrome is the most frequent genetic cause for mild to moderate mental retardation and related medical problems. It is caused by a chromosomal abnormality. For an unknown reason, a change in cell growth results in 47 instead of the usual 46 chromosomes...read more
Down's syndrome and leukemia
Most children with Down's syndrome now live into adolescence and adulthood. Leukemia is from 10 to 30 times more common in these children than in the general population. All of the different types of Down's syndrome show a similar increased risk of Leukemia. ...read more
Down's Syndrome, a developmental disability
Down's Syndrome is a condition someone is born with which causes learning disabilities, caused by an extra 'number 21' chromosome. It can come from either the mother or the father and there is no way to predict it. Down's Syndrome is the most common cause of developmental disability ...read more
Eisenmenger complex
Eisenmenger Complex is the term used to describe the resultant effects of prolonged pulmonary hypertension in patients with uncorrected congenital heart defects, which eventually results in a reversal of the shunting of blood within the heart , so that it go...read more
Perspectives on Down's syndrome
Down syndrome was first described in 1800 by John Langdon Down. In 1959, genetic analysis allowed Dr. Jerome Lejeune to determine the cause of Down syndrome. People have 2 copies of each of 23 chromosomes. In Down syndrome instead of there being 2 copies of chromosome 21, th...read more
When an Heart/lung transplantation is the only remaining option
With advances in technology and understanding, where necessary, surgical correction is possible for the majority of babies born today with cardiac defects and Down’s Syndrome. There are of course a few cases where the nature of the defect adds particul...read more
