down syndrome : Characteristic Features and Symptoms of Down Syndrome

   

Although the severity of Down syndrome ranges from mild to severe, most individuals with Down syndrome have widely recognizable physical characteristics. These include:

• a flattened face and nose, a short neck, a small mouth sometimes with a large, protruding tongue, small ears, upward slanting eyes that may have small skin folds at the inner corner (epicanthal fold);
  
• white spots (also known as Brushfield spots) may be present on the colored part of the eye (iris);

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