What Is Down Syndrome?

Down syndrome, also known as trisomy 21, is usually caused by the presence of all or part of a third copy of chromosome 21 and is thus called as trisomy. Down syndrome is the most commonly occurring chromosomal disorder . In United States one of 691 babies born per year one  is down syndrome.           It delays physical growth by affecting milestones and intellectual disability as well.They have average half the IQ of normal human beings.We can improve the quality of life by monitoring their health and mentoring their lifestyle.The disease was named after John Langdon Down in 1866,health care practitioner who clinically described the condition and researched over the disease.He found it was not merely a disease but found it is a clinical condition which affects many organs and thus decribed it as syndrome.It can be well seen in prenatal screenings and usually terminated as low socially acceptable condition.DespiteDown syndrome kids being chirpy and lovable.Those born unidentified face severe rejections by society.