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What is the average life expectancy of someone with Down syndrome?
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∙ 6y ago
The life expectancy of someone who has Down syndrome is generally lower than the average person and is heavily dependent upon a number of factors, but they can be expected to live for about 55-60 years.
A large number of people with Down syndrome exhibit heart defects, some treatable to varying degrees. Down syndrome sufferers are usually more vulnerable to infection, and prone to gut, thyroid, sight, and hearing problems. They may also be more likely to suffer from any number of other conditions, including epilepsy, cataracts, and a higher-than-average likelihood of developing leukemia.
All these things are a factor in the life expectancy of sufferers of Down syndrome, but advances in treatments and care have yielded gradually higher life expectancy (hence 55-60 years). Unfortunately, by this time many will develop degenerative dementia.
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∙ 6y ago
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∙ 12y agoDown's Syndrome is lifelong, birth to death.
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∙ 12y ago50 plus years. Thats a preaty long time for peoplewith a desiese huh?
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∙ 11y agoon average an individual with DS lives to be ~39
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∙ 11y agoDowns Syndrome lasts from birth to death. That is the lifetime of the organism.
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∙ 12y agoabout 80 years
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∙ 11y agoUsually 50 years or more
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∙ 8y agoPerhaps 10 years less than the average.
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∙ 8y agoAbout 60 years of age.
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What is the lookout for a person with Down's syndrome?
The average life expectancy of a person with Down syndrome is 50 in 2013. However, many individuals with Down syndrome live into their 60s and 70s. Some do well on their own and others need help.
Can a child with down syndrome live as long as a normal person?
Yes. Along with the Down they often have other physical problems such as enlarged hearts and immune problems, so they often die of something other than Down syndrome directly. Many die in their teen or early adult years.
How do you treat a person with Down syndrome?
There is no medical treatment that can cure Down syndrome. The best way to treat someone with Down syndrome is with kindness, patience, and love.
Is it politically correct to call someone 'Down syndrome'?
It is acceptable to say that someone has Down Syndrome, although it may not be necessary to say it since the syndrome does have a characteristic affect on facial features which can be observed.
Do some people with epilepsy also have autism?
No. Someone with Down's syndrome could also happen to have epilepsy, but if they do it isn't always to do with the fact that they have Down's Syndrome. Some people with Down's Syndrome will have or develop Epilepsy, but there is no guarantee that because someone has Down's Syndrome that they will also have Epilepsy.
What is the life expectancy of a 58 year old woman with Down Syndrome?
About 10 years less than some one without it.
What body system does down syndrom effect?
Down Syndrome is a genetic disorder that occurs as a result of an extra copy, or part thereof, of chromosome 21. The body systems that Down Syndrome affects may include the heart and lungs. Down Syndrome also affects physical development and intellectual disability.
What chromosomes are affected in someone who has Down syndrome?
chromosome 21
What is the life expectancy of people with down syndrome in the US?
well i think that it might be the way they were born and so they see the world the same way we do
Is there such a thing as a anorexic dwarf?
Down Syndrome people are usually smaller than the average person and im sure it would be possible for a dwarf down syndrome person such as two dwarf people who have a down syndrome child
Can exposure to black mold cause down syndrome in someone's offspring?
No.
Is it legal for people with down syndrome to marry?
No! If someone has Down syndrome, he or she was born with it. It happens when the fetus develops an extra chromosome.
