My genetic disease: Down Syndrom

For science I got a genetic disease assigned to me. My genetic disease was Down Syndrome. I leaned a lot about Down Syndrome during my research. I learned that people with Down Syndrome have leaning difficulties, mental retardation, and poor muscle tone. Possible complications of people with Down Syndrome are: Risk of heart defects, digestive problems, hearing loss, and low activity of the Thyroid gland. There really is no cure for Down Syndrome but people with this disease can deal with their Down Syndrome through physical therapy, surgery and speech therapy, treatments depend on the patient's physical problems. Many people will die early in life because of Down Syndrome. 75% of Down Syndrome Infants die before birth, only 85% live to age one, and only 50% will live to age 50 and above. These are the chances of survival For people with Down Syndrome. The chances of having a baby with Down Syndrome is 1 in 800, however the chances are higher for older pregnant women. The cause of Down Syndrome is that there is an extra copy of chromosome 21 in the body.