Common Symptoms
Symptoms of Cri Du Chat vary among the individual and the level of deletion of the fifth chromosome.
Common symptoms of Cri Du Chat include:
A small number of children are born with severe organ defects.
As people with Cri Du Chat syndrome age, other problems and defects may arise. These defects include:
A small number of children born with Cri Du Chat will exhibit behavior fits in which they will bang their heads against the wall or show other aggressive behaviors or outbursts.
Common symptoms of Cri Du Chat include:
- High pitched, cat-like cry
- Respiratory problems
- Mental retardation
- Delayed development
- Small, abnormally round head
- Widely spaced eyes
- Small chin
- Folds of skin over the eyes
- Small bridge of the nose
- Low birth weight
- Weak muscle tone
- Partial webbing or fusing of the fingers or toes
- Single line in the palm of the hand
- Downward slant to the eyes
A small number of children are born with severe organ defects.
As people with Cri Du Chat syndrome age, other problems and defects may arise. These defects include:
- Hearing problems
- Sight problems
- Difficulty walking
- Difficulty talking
- Hyperactivity
- Aggression problems
A small number of children born with Cri Du Chat will exhibit behavior fits in which they will bang their heads against the wall or show other aggressive behaviors or outbursts.