under eye folds?

[inky leeuhhh]

at dd2's last ped appt, the ped was asking about her development (dd1 has autism). she said everything sounded great, but then mumbles something about dd having under eye folds?? does this mean something? i have tried googling, but i'm not coming up with anything. am i just being paranoid? lol. i wish i had asked her!

[KatWrangler]

The only thing I found so far is this on Wiki.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epicanthic_fold

Medical
Epicanthic-like folds appearing on individuals from ethnic groups that do not traditionally display the characteristic, especially when combined with other symptoms, can be a sign of a number of disorders. These include the chromosome abnormalities associated with Down syndrome, Cri du chat syndrome, Williams syndrome, and Triple-X syndrome, as well as fetal alcohol syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, and pre-term birth.[7] This coincidental visual similarity previously led to individuals with such disorders being described as mongoloid (referring to the Mongol people); this usage is no longer in favor.

[inky leeuhhh]

thanks! i wasn't really able to find anything either, so i think she was just making some sort of random comment. whew! lol.

[deditus]

Dennie-Morgan fold? Associated with atopy - risk for eczema, allergies.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/e24j227g471713g5/

[4evermom]

Originally Posted by deditus

Dennie-Morgan fold? Associated with atopy - risk for eczema, allergies.

http://www.springerlink.com/content/e24j227g471713g5/

I have eye folds like that. I do get hayfever, fwiw, but no one has ever thought anything of them.