Treatment for Down Syndrome
People with Down syndrome cannot be cured, but there are many treatments and actions they can take to help them with it. There are treatments and therapies for the physical and medical problems such as
- Medications can be used to treat certain conditions that occur in people with Down syndrome. While these medications help with their medical condition, they do not have any effect on their Down syndrome.
- Specialists: Down syndrome people have many and different problems with them and so for each problem, they need to see a different doctor, like a cardiologist for the heart, pediatric endocrinologists for hormones, audiologist for hearing and so on.
- Some medical conditions seen in children with Down syndrome require surgery. 40% of people with Down Syndrome have heart problems or intestinal defects which means they need surgery.
- Early intervention is a program of therapies, exercises and activities designed to specifically help children with Down syndrome or other disabilities. The most common early intervention services for babies with Down syndrome are physical therapy and speech therapy.
- Physical therapy focuses on motor development. The goal of physical therapy is to teach children with Down Syndrome to move their bodies in the right and appropriate ways, and to improve their muscles.
-Speech therapy is a very important treatment for children with Down Syndrome because children with Down Syndrome often have small mouths and slightly enlarged tongues which makes them have trouble speaking clearly.
- Medications can be used to treat certain conditions that occur in people with Down syndrome. While these medications help with their medical condition, they do not have any effect on their Down syndrome.
- Specialists: Down syndrome people have many and different problems with them and so for each problem, they need to see a different doctor, like a cardiologist for the heart, pediatric endocrinologists for hormones, audiologist for hearing and so on.
- Some medical conditions seen in children with Down syndrome require surgery. 40% of people with Down Syndrome have heart problems or intestinal defects which means they need surgery.
- Early intervention is a program of therapies, exercises and activities designed to specifically help children with Down syndrome or other disabilities. The most common early intervention services for babies with Down syndrome are physical therapy and speech therapy.
- Physical therapy focuses on motor development. The goal of physical therapy is to teach children with Down Syndrome to move their bodies in the right and appropriate ways, and to improve their muscles.
-Speech therapy is a very important treatment for children with Down Syndrome because children with Down Syndrome often have small mouths and slightly enlarged tongues which makes them have trouble speaking clearly.