Down Syndrome also known as Trisomy 21 occurs during conception or shortly after. The babies inherit 23 chromosomes from each parent for a total of 46. During development of the cells a genetic hiccup may occur causing an extra copy to be made. With DS there is three copies of the 21st chromosome, the more cells affected the greater the disabilty. Diagnostic testing such as Ultrasounds and amino can determine if a baby has Trisomy 21. The sad reality of being born with Down Syndrome in EE is a lot of Physicians won't care for the kids. Before you think most of the EE Doctors are negligent please remember with a lot of government healthcare plans the funds are limited. But I'm sure there's some physicians who feel they are doing harm by interferring or prolonging life.
Even some Doctors and specialists in the United States refuses to go against hospital policy by treating children born with Trisomy 13 and 18. The parents of the babies have to fight with hospitals, specialists and sometimes their insurance companies to get the treatments the child needs to thrive. So the lack of treatment for those born with chromosomal issues is just not an isolated occurance in EE, it happens here too.
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