Timely rehabilitation favors social integration of people with Down syndrome

#InstitutoDeSeguridadYServiciosSocialesDeLos TrabajadoresDelEstado.- «The Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado (Issste) promotes a personalized and timely rehabilitation program, focused on improving the abilities, favoring the independence and social integration of people with Down syndrome,» said Luis Arturo Eguiza Salomón, head of the Pediatrics Service of the Hospital Regional «1° de Octubre».

Down syndrome is due to a genetic alteration that conditions a certain degree of motor disability, especially in the early years, and cognitive disability. With a good rehabilitation plan they manage to be independent and perform some activity that allows them to work and have a life like any other person, said the specialist.

In the framework of the World Down Syndrome Day, Eguiza Salomón informed that in Mexico this condition affects an average of one out of every thousand people born alive and the main risk factor is pregnancy after the age of 35. The older women are, the higher the risk increases.

He recommended women and couples to plan their pregnancies before that age. She also indicated that the ideal period to have a healthy pregnancy is between 25 and 35 years of age.

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