Down+Syndrome-Symptoms

= __Down Syndrome Symptoms__ =

=== The extra chromosome affects those with Down Syndrome in many ways. The physical appearance of people with the disorder is recognizable in different traits. For instance, those affected by the disorder have slanted eyes that are wide spread. They have shorter arms, legs, neck, feet, hands, and toes. One of the biggest symptoms of Down Syndrome is Mental Retardation. They are intellectualy impaired, and it takes much longer for them to learn new things. Their emotional development is also slowed. They can actually understand much more than they can express and this gets very frustrating, which sometimes leads to an emotional spell. Along with these issues, people with the disorder almost always have poor muscle tone known as Hypotonia. Half of the time, they also have heart problems that canvary from small to very severe .===