Case Report - Down Syndrome

Running Head: CASE REPORT- DOWN SYNDROME
CASE REPORT- DOWN SYNDROME
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1CASE REPORT- DOWN SYNDROME
Executive summary
Down syndrome is a chromosomal disease caused by abnormal cell division. DS patient are
usually mentally retarded with different facial appearance, intellectual disability and
nutritional disorder. It cannot be cured but if proper treatment done, severity of the disease
decreases. The purpose of this report was to explore the policy issues affected by genetic
disease, nutritional risk factor, diagnosis, treatment, prevalence rate and prognosis of the
syndrome. The finding of the report suggests that age of the mother and nutritional deficiency
are responsible for the prevalence of Down syndrome. It is also evident from the report that
person suffering from Down syndrome are victim of discrimination, and to stop such events
various laws were enforced by government.

2CASE REPORT- DOWN SYNDROME
Table of Contents
Introduction................................................................................................................................3
Policy influenced by genetic disease......................................................................................3
Nutritional risk factor of Down syndrome.............................................................................4
Nutritional assessment and counselling.................................................................................5
Prevalence rates, testing, treatment, and prognosis................................................................5
Conclusion..............................................................................................................................7
References..................................................................................................................................8

3CASE REPORT- DOWN SYNDROME
Introduction
Down syndrome is a chromosomal disease initiated by existence of partial or full
extra copy of chromosome 21. There are 3 forms of down syndrome, mosaic down syndrome,
trisomy 21 and translocation down syndrome, but among them trisomy 21 is prevalent. It
happens because of chromosome impairment known as non-disjunction. At the time of cell
division instead of two, there are three replicas of genes associated on chromosome 21.
Children suffering from this syndrome are mentally retarded with delayed development. It is
inherited from one of the parents and it is an incurable disease (Phillips, Conners, Merrill &
Klinger, 2014).
Thesis statement- To explore the policy issues, nutritional influences, diagnosis, treatment
and prognosis of case report that involves the Down syndrome patient.
Policy influenced by genetic disease
Genetic disease is common and requires proper caring and consideration. Down
syndrome which is genetic disorder is very common and instead of additional care they were
bullied and discriminated in every field whether in school, colleges and workplace or in case
of health insurances. Hence to stop such practice, federal legislation is passed by United
States government. Federal legislation has two parts, Executive Order Protecting Federal
Employees and Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act (Green, Lautenbach & McGuire,
2015). Among the two, Executive Order Protecting Federal Employees enforced on February
8, 2000 by president of United States, Bill Clinton. It prohibits the use of patient’s genetic
information by federal agencies and organization to stop discrimination. Another law,
Genetic Information Non-discrimination Act came into action in 2008, it is divided under two
titles. People suffering from Down syndrome are usually discriminated by health organisation
for health insurance which was disallowed by Genetic Information Nondiscrimination Act