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Q: Is down syndrome a chronic or an acute disease?
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Is down syndrome a acute disease or chronic?

It is not a disease. It is a disorder that is due to chromosomal informalities during development in the womb.


Is down syndrome constitutional?

is down syndrome acquired genetic disease


Is down syndrome communicable disease?

No. Down's syndrome is a chromosomal disorder. In order to have it you have to be born with it.


What is the disease when you are retarded?

Down syndrome.


Are there multiple levels of Down syndrome?

No,because it is a syndrome and not a disease there are No "Levels".


What human disease is caused by non-disjunction?

Down's syndrome is the most common.


Are women responsible for the Down syndrome disease?

No


What type of leukemia is associated with Down syndrome?

Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia (ALL) and Down Syndrome both have been associated with mutations in the JAK2 gene.


What are 2 examples of genetic diseases?

# They are SO numerous: Angelman's syndrome, Huntington's Disease, Hemophilia, Turner Syndrome, Tay-Schs disease, sickle cell anemia, Praeder-Willi Syndrome, neurofibromatosis, Klinefelter syndrome, phenylketonuria, Down's Syndrome, Cystic Fibrosis, celiac disease, color blindness, cri du chat, Canavan disease, Duchenne muscular distrophy, Charcot-Marie Tooth Disease, 22q11.2 deletion syndrome, achondroplasia and many, many more.


What is the prognosis for people with Down Syndrome?

People with Down syndrome will develop the brain changes that characterize Alzheimer's disease in later life and may develop the clinical symptoms of this disease as well.


What is a non infectious disease?

a disease caused by genetics (down syndrome or celiac disease) , envionment/nutrition,(heart disease) or ageing


Examples of genetic disorders?

There's many different genetic disorders such as: Down Syndrom Canavan Disease Muenke Syndrome Bloom Syndrome etc