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Why does an individual with Turners syndrome often NOT get diagnosed till adolescence?
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∙ 13y ago
Sometimes the person does not have obvious characteristics of Turner syndrome, so they do not get diagnosed as a child. When they become adolescent and do not go through puberty that is what leads the doctor to test the person for Turner syndrome.
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Who carries the Turners Syndrome Does it come from the female or male?
This is not a good question. The Turners Syndrome only occurs in women, and it is not inherited, because these women cannot have their own children. No causes have been discovered yet.
Why do girls with turner syndrome have difficulty with math?
All you ever needed to know about Turners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Syndrome
What genes or chromosomes is the muitation that causes turners syndrome?
Turner syndrome is the result of one of the two X chromosomes being missing or damaged in some or all cells. These chromosomes are the sex chromosomes, which determine whether a person will be male or female. As people with Turners only have an X chromosome and no Y chromosome they are born female.
Is Linda Hunt a dwarf?
No she is not a dwarf. She has a chomosmal genetic disorder called Turner Syndrome. It affects about 1 in 2500 girls. It is the total or partial loss of an X chromosome in the 23rd set (sex set) of chromosomes. It affects growth as well as numerous other aspects of the girls body. You can get more info on Turners at www.tssus.org Yes. While in her teens, she was then diagnosed with hypo-pituitary dwarfism (a condition in which the pituitary gland does not release enough growth hormone).
How does turner syndrome affect someone's life?
Turner's Syndrome only occurs in females. Symptoms of a girl with Turner syndrome include:short staturewebbed skin of the neckabnormal eye features (drooping eyelids)abnormal bone development, such as a "shield-shaped," broad flat chestabsent or retarded development of secondary sexual characteristics that normally appear at puberty, including sparse pubic hair and small breastscoarctation (narrowing) of the aortabicuspid aortic valveinfertilitydry eyesabsence of menstruation
Are there treatments for olders girls with turners syndrome?
If a person is diagnosed in adolescence, depending on their age the doctor does a bone age x-ray to determine whether growth hormone is worth considering. The treatment for all adolescents and women with Turner syndrome is hormone replacement therapy.
What is turners disease not turners syndrome that can affect males?
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Does turner syndrome have mental effect?
As a 19yr old female with Turner's Syndrome (diagnosed at 8yrs old), have never had any problems in school. There is usually no mental effect, however girls with turners may have problems with spatial problems and possibly math. However, I am in my second year of university, and have received an A in Linear Algebra, and have never had special treatment due to turners syndrome.
Turners syndrome is what type of disorder?
Turner syndrome is a chromosomal disorder.
When does turners syndrome present itself?
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Who carries the Turners Syndrome Does it come from the female or male?
This is not a good question. The Turners Syndrome only occurs in women, and it is not inherited, because these women cannot have their own children. No causes have been discovered yet.
Can animals get klinefelters or turners syndrome as humans do?
Yes animals do sometimes have Turner's syndrome or Klinefelter's syndrome with similar characteristics as those observed in humans.
Does turner's syndrome occur in all cells?
No, only the gametes would be indicative of sterility. It is possible that the individual (though incredibly rare) to have "chimera" syndrome, where two non-identical twins merge to form one fetus. Turner's Syndrome is the absence of the male sex chromosome BTW. That chromosome carries little genetic information, and is possible during mitosis to "loose" it, but still create a mostly viable cell.
Why does turners syndrome affect so little?
not a very bad (effective) symptom
Is turner syndrome inheritable or random?
it is not inherited because a women with turners sydrome cannot have children so that means that its not inherited
Why do girls with turner syndrome have difficulty with math?
All you ever needed to know about Turners: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Turner_Syndrome
Will a turner syndrome baby live?
2% of unborn babies with Turners survive to birth. Babies with Turners who survive to birth live.
