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Trisomy 13
Symptoms and Effects of Trisomy 13: * A cleft can appear in the lip. *Small head/small eyes/small lower jaw. *Close set eyes. (eyes might sometimes fuse together.) *Hernias. *Extra fingers or toes. *Mental retardation (severe.)
Currently there are no sginificant breakthroughs in this medical area. The way that doctos dealt with this disease is by dealing with each paetient based upon his or her symptoms.
Some of the many symptoms of Trisomy 13 invlolves breathing difficulties, deafness, feeding problems, heart failure, seizures, and vision problems.
Trisomy 13 affects 1 in every 5000 to 10000 births.
Trisomy 13 is when there is an extra chromosome on set 13, resulting in genetic mutations.