Introduction
Turner Syndrome is a condition that only alters the development of girls and women. Most girls and women have two full and complete X chromosomes while girls with turner syndrome have only part of the second X chromosome. Women and girls are diagnosed with turner syndrome have features such as slow growth rates, a webbed neck, broad shoulders, and widely spaced nipples. They also have swelling hands and feet, heart defects, kidney problems, and skeletal abnormalities . Skeletal abnormalities means the have different sizes and shapes of their legs, arms, trunk, and/or skull. When they have a symptom of a webbed neck, it usually means their necks are really low.
Inheritance Information
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Hormone therapies include growth hormone or estrogen therapy.Usually when born, people with TS tend to only weight somewhat to 5 lbs. Having turner syndrome can be provided with problems for taking first steps and speech developments. Growth hormone is usually recommended for most young girls with Turner syndrome. The goal of the growth hormone is to increase as much height during the girls’ childhood and teen years. Growth hormone is usually given several times a week as shots such as Humatrope, Genotropin, and Saizen. Those three shots are all used for height growth. Estrogen therapy is for most girls who need to start estrogen in order to begin puberty and attain adult sexual developments. A diagnosis for Turner Syndrome is made during fetal development. Images of ultrasounds may accommodate suspicion that the baby girl may be diagnosed with Turner syndrome. One of two procedure can be performed to test for Turner syndrome. Those include Chorionic villus sampling and Amniocentesis. Chorionic villus sampling is when a small piece of tissue of the placenta is missing. Amniocentesis is when a sample of the amniotic fluid is taken from the