How is it inherited? in most cases this genetic disorder is not inherited, occurs during the formation of reproductive cells and is random caused by missing or incomplete x chromosomes. People who have this develop as females and typically caused by disjunction -a pair of sex chromosomes fails to seperate, people with turner syndrome can not have children of there own and if they want to have children they have to get a donor egg, girls with this may have fever symptoms due to having some normal (xx) cells. occurs on the x chromosome.
Symptoms- in young infants- swollen hands and feet, wide and web neck in older females- absent or incomplete development of puberty, broad flat chest, drooping eye lids, dry eyes, infirtility, no mensturation, short height, vaginal dryness , and can lead to painful intercourse
Treatment- growth hormone for tallness, estrogen for replacement this usually starts at 12 or 13 helps trigger sexual parts of the girl, pubic hair, breasts, sex characteristics.
Statistics- 1 out of every 2,500 births
Interesting Facts- girls who have turner syndrome only grow approximetly 4 feet and 8 inches tall even after treatment affects about 60,000 females in the united states 75 to 80% of cases comes from the single x chromosome that comes from the mothers egg named after doctor henry turner who in 1938 published a report describing the disorder
Turner Syndrome (TS)
How is it inherited? in most cases this genetic disorder is not inherited, occurs during the formation of reproductive cells and is random caused by missing or incomplete x chromosomes. People who have this develop as females and typically caused by disjunction -a pair of sex chromosomes fails to seperate, people with turner syndrome can not have children of there own and if they want to have children they have to get a donor egg, girls with this may have fever symptoms due to having some normal (xx) cells. occurs on the x chromosome.
Symptoms- in young infants- swollen hands and feet, wide and web neck in older females- absent or incomplete development of puberty, broad flat chest, drooping eye lids, dry eyes, infirtility, no mensturation, short height, vaginal dryness , and can lead to painful intercourse
Treatment- growth hormone for tallness, estrogen for replacement this usually starts at 12 or 13 helps trigger sexual parts of the girl, pubic hair, breasts, sex characteristics.
Statistics- 1 out of every 2,500 births
Interesting Facts- girls who have turner syndrome only grow approximetly 4 feet and 8 inches tall even after treatment affects about 60,000 females in the united states 75 to 80% of cases comes from the single x chromosome that comes from the mothers egg named after doctor henry turner who in 1938 published a report describing the disorder
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]Sources : http://kidshealth.org/teen/diseases_conditions/genetic/turner.html http://kidshealth.org/parent/medical/sexual/turner.html http://learn.genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/whataregd/turner/