Down's syndrome, where're we at?

 Down's syndrome remains the most common cause of intellectual block in children. On the physical side, patients tend to exhibit the following amongst others - a flattened face, protruding tongue, small nose and mouth, shortened extremities & congenital heart defects among others.

At this point, just like for its pro-elderly counterpart (Alzheimer's disease), there are no outright cure or eternal treatment. Nevertheless, genetic counseling, specific manifestation management; including respiratory, cardiac etc. take centre stage.

A study by Romano et al., indicated that in persons with down's syndrome, the density of the brain cortex reduces with increasing age. Let's Picture the brain cortex as the incredible outer brain part that controls thought, memory, language, consciousness etc. So, the end result is a well felt effect on the sufferer in day to day life. Where then are we in the realm of alternative medicine for this condition?

Nutrivene, Green tea extract, Vernonia amgdalina and curcumin have been administered with good improvement in speech, immunity and attention. However, there have been attendant side effects like diarrhea, constipation etc. These are prominently gastrointestinal. Green tea, from Cammelia sinensis is prepared in warm water at around 80 degree celcius. It contains a number of useful bioactive compounds that kill the "bad guys", oxidative radicals that are shielding the "main bad guy". It exert damage control property on the cortex and other body parts by the plentifulness of natural antioxidants 

At this time, the point of accentuation is more work on the etiology and pathophysiological processes that accompany this condition. Should this continue, exploring herbal medicine to the core of the targeted level of the processes would be tenable. This would be just beyond palliative care.

Merci!!

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