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Turners Syndrome

Turners Syndrome  ** Description:  ** Turners Syndrome is a medical disorder that affects about 1 in every 2,500 girls. It is a result of a problem with in girls chromosomes. If you are affected with this disorder you only have 1 X-chromosomes or you are missing part of an X-chromosomes. Most girls are usually born with 2 X-chromosomes.

 **Inheritance: ** Normally, females inherit 1 X-chromosomes from their mother and 1 X-chromosomes from their father. It is typically caused by what is called a nondisjunction. If a pair of sex chromosomes fails to separate during the formation of an egg (or sperm), this is referred to as a nondisjunction. When an abnormal egg unites with a normal sperm to form a embryo, that embryo may end up missing one of the sex chromosomes (X rather than XX). The abnormality is not inherited from an affected parent because women with Turners Syndrome cannot have babies.

**Symptoms: ** Turner Syndrome affects growth and Sexual development. Girls with this disorder are shorter than normal, and may fail to start puberty when they should. Women with Turner Syndrome appear to have a stocky appearance, arms that turn out slightly at the elbow, a receding lower jaw, a short webbed neck, low hairline at the back of the neck, swelling of hands and feet, heart and/or kidney defects, high blood pressure, and infertility.

 **Daily Life: ** Every day you would have to live with low self-esteem because everyday you blurt out what’s on your mind that may be embarrassing. You would hang with your friends who grow taller while you stay short. You will have people stare at you with dirty looks and sometimes they would come up to you and ask why you’re so short and sometimes it may be insulting.

 **Diagnosis: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Diagnosis sometimes takes place later when puberty does not occur. You can find out by slow growth rate, a webbed neck, a broad chest, and heart problems.

<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Treatment: **<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Growth hormone injections are beneficial in some individuals with Turners Syndrome. During childhood and adolescence, girls may be under the care of a pediatric endocrinologist. There are also clinics to help the girls and women with Turners Syndrome.

<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Research: **<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">They are researching for a cure and to get medicine for Turners Syndrome. They are also doing prevention, diagnostic and basic research for Turners Syndrome.

<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;">Additional Facts: **<span style="font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt;"> <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Turners Syndrome affects 60,000 females in the United States. This disorder is seen in 1 of every 2000 to 2500 babies, with about 800 new cased diagnosed each year.