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Mental Retardation Signs
Health Encyclopedia: Congenital Rubella
- History of mother having rubella while pregnant (particularly in the first trimester)
- Skin rash at birth (
purpura , petechiae) -
Low birth weight - Small head size (
microcephaly ) - Lethargy
- Irritability
- Deafness
- Seizures
- Cloudy corneas or white appearance to pupil (leukocoria)
- Developmental delay
- Mental retardation
Signs and tests
Tests include:
- Urine tests, nasopharyngeal secretions tests, or cerebro...
Expert & Community Posts
Autism Awareness - Five Myths About Autism
By Eileen Bailey , Health Expert...abilities. There is a high rate of some level of mental retardation among those people with... Read more »
My Interview with Thomas McKean, author and advocate for those on the Autism Spectrum
By Merely Me , Health ExpertI first met Thomas many years ago when my now teen-age son was diagnosed with autism. ... Read more »
The evaluation of Speech and Language Disorders
By Dr. Ballas , Health Expert...can also cause problems with speech or language. Mental retardation is also a condition that... Read more »
The Warfarin Syndrome
By Deanne Stein , Health Expert...also have a hypoplastic nose, eye abnormalities, mental retardation and scoliosis. These... Read more »
Pregnancy and Herpes
By Charlotte Grayson, M.D. , Health Expert...have permanent damage. But the other half may suffer mental retardation, other neurological... Read more »
Health Guide
Mental retardation
...the condition. Mild retardation may be associated with a lack of curiosity and quiet behavior. Severe mental retardation is associated with infantile behavior throughout life. Signs and tests... Read more »Homocystinuria
... Knock-knees (genu valgum) Pectus excavatum Pectus carinatum Mental retardation Psychiatric disease Signs and tests During a physical... Read more »Mental retardation
Mental retardation is described as a condition that is diagnosed before age 18, and includes below-average general intellectual function, accompanied by impairment in the persons... Read more »Canavan disease
...from lying to sitting position) Failure to meet milestones Seizures Severe mental retardation Blindness Signs and tests Hyperreflexia (reflexes are... Read more »Congenital hypothyroidism
...birth. Thyroid hormone deficiency may result in irreversible damage to the nervous system with marked mental retardation. Replacement therapy with thyroxine is the standard treatment of... Read more »Images
Medications
...they have metabolic problems, severe seizures with mental retardation, brain disease (organic)... Read more »
...they have metabolic problems, severe seizures with mental retardation, brain disease (organic)... Read more »
...they have metabolic problems, severe seizures with mental retardation, brain disease (organic)... Read more »
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