There is a good chance you have met or know someone with Down syndrome, one of the most common chromosomal conditions. But there is so much to learn about it beyond its physical traits.

This type may show less serious symptoms ... and health issues. Physical Features: People with Down syndrome tend to have a flat face, short ears, upslanting eyes, a short neck, and small ...

Physical symptoms include a flattened face; shorter height; short neck; small ears, hands and feet; and decreased muscle tone, according to the CDC. National Down Syndrome Awareness Month is "a ...

Babies with Down syndrome typically have a deep crease across their palm, eyes that slant upward, and a somewhat flattened face ... medical care for the various physical, cognitive, and social ...

A flattened face — especially across the nose — and upward-slanted, almond-shaped eyes are two of the common physical features of Down syndrome. Some of the other common physical ...

For instance, many of the relatively small number of people with Down syndrome who have lived to age 40 have developed dementia and other Alzheimer’s-like symptoms by then ... clinicians often ...

People with Down ... physical features and some level of learning disability. But newborns with Downs syndrome also tend to have an elevated number of red blood cells, and as they grow older, they ...