Tun yana ƙarami, yaron da ke da ciwon Down yana da halaye na zahiri:

• Bayanan martaba na "lalata".
• Gangan idanu.
• An epicanthus (= fata mai ninke sama da fatar ido na sama).
• Gadar hanci mai lebur.
• Hypertrophy da fitowar harshe (harshen yana ci gaba da gaba).
• Ƙananan kai da ƙananan kunnuwa.
• A takaice wuya.
• Kumburi guda ɗaya a cikin tafin hannu, wanda ake kira maɗaɗɗen dabino guda ɗaya.
• Karamin gabobi da gangar jikin.
• Muscle hypotonia (= duk tsokoki suna da laushi) da kuma mahaɗin da ba a saba ba (= hyperlaxity).
• Sannu a hankali girma kuma gabaɗaya ƙasa da tsayi fiye da yara masu shekaru ɗaya.
• A jarirai, jinkirin koyo kamar juyawa, zama da rarrafe saboda rashin kyawun sautin tsoka. Ana yin wannan koyo gabaɗaya a shekaru biyu na yara marasa ciwon Down.
• Rashin hankali zuwa matsakaicin hankali.

matsalolin

Yaran da ke fama da ciwon Down wani lokaci suna fama da wasu takamaiman rikitarwa:

• Lahani na zuciya. Bisa ga Canadian Down ciwo Society (SCSD), fiye da 40% na yara tare da ciwo da zuciya wadda tun ainahi aibi ba daga haihuwa.
• A occlusion (ko blocking) a game da bukatar tiyata. Yana shafar kusan kashi 10% na jariran da ke da Down syndrome.
• A jiran ji.
• A mai saukin kamuwa da cututtuka kamar misali ciwon huhu, saboda raguwar rigakafi.
• Ƙara haɗarin hypothyroidism (ƙananan hormone thyroid), cutar sankarar bargo ko seizures.
• Un jinkirin harshe, wani lokaci yana kara tsananta ta hanyar rashin ji.
• amfanin matsalolin ido da hangen nesa (cataracts, strabismus, myopia ko hyperopia sun fi kowa).
• Haɗarin bacci na bacci.
• Halin kiba.
• A cikin mazajen da suka shafa, haihuwa. Ciki yana yiwuwa a yawancin mata.
• Manya masu fama da cutar suma sun fi saurin kamuwa da cutar Alzheimer da wuri.