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You can not treat the syndrome itself, only the physical complications that comes with it.
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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.
Does ziprasidone treat Tourette syndrome?
Ziprasidone is used to treat Tourette syndrome
What can be done for down syndrome?
It could be possible to live a normal life if you have Down Syndrome if you get alot of support from family, friends, anyone close to you really
What are some organizations that can help a family cope with a child's down syndrome?
National Down Syndrome Society is one of the organizations that help spread awareness and seek cure for Down syndrome. Research Down Syndrome www.researchds.org is a 501c3 non-profit foundation that supports Down syndrome cognitive research at leading universities with the goal of developing biomedical therapies to treat the cognitive impairment of people with all ages with Down syndrome.
What are the teaching techniques for a child with Down syndrome?
Be patient and repeat yourself! Don't treat them like they are stupid.
How do you deal with retarded persons?
Treat them the same as everyone else. Parents that have children with mental retardation should seek help to raise these children.http://www.parents.com/health/down-syndrome/down-syndrome-resources/
How should parents treat a child who has Down syndrome?
Like any other child? Why treat the child any differently because he or she has a disability. That would be discrimination.
How do you know you have Down syndrome?
a test is usually done in pregnancy which identifies the condition. people with Down syndrome have an extra chromosome. people with down syndrome usually have impaired cognitive ability and typical facial characteristics such as an oversized tongue and are usually small in stature
Are there any known drugs to treat restless leg syndrome?
klonopin is used to treat restless leg syndrome
If a women with Down syndrome is pregnant what would be the negatives and the positives during the pregnancy?
A pregnancy with Down Syndrome would be the same as any other pregnancy. But, there's a chance that if the mother finds out that her child has Down Syndrome by having some testing done, she might become depressed.
What is the genetic disorder for having three 21 chromosomes?
down syndrome
What research is being done on Down syndrome?
See the Related links below to the Down Syndrome Research Foundation, and to the National Down Syndrome congress. Scientists have made a mouse model of Down syndrome, in order to see how cognition and memory are affected by extra copies of 21st chromosome. They are hopeful that in 10 years, a drug will help people with Ds think and remember NORMALLY. Also Dr Jim Paddy Baggot has done studies of how vitamin B may help ameliorate the effects of Down syndrome on a developing baby in the womb. Dr William Mobley of Univ San Diego says it has never been a more promising time for Down syndrome research. Down syndrome research and treatment foundation funds his work.
