Growth hormone therapy in early adolescence will help with growth and physical development. Estrogen replacement will treat sexual development for women. Results will vary from person to person.
Yes and she is also the spokesperson for the Turner Syndrome Society.
As far as I know, the environment is not believed to be a cause of Turner syndrome.
Yes, most women with Turner syndrome are infertile. There are two types of Turner syndrome and people with the Mosaic form of it (that is, only some of their cells are affected) are sometimes (rarely) able to have children naturally if they have gone through puberty spontaneously.
The symbol for Turner syndrome is a butterfly. This symbol represents hope, transformation, and beauty in the face of challenges associated with the condition.
If a female with Turner Syndrome inactivates the X chromosome that carries the Turner Syndrome genetic material, she may develop a condition called mosaicism. This can result in a less severe presentation of Turner Syndrome symptoms, as some cells in her body will have the typical number of X chromosomes. However, the exact impact can vary widely among individuals.
Turner's syndrome is not curable. It can be treated though. Growth hormone injections can be given to increase height. Hormone replacement therapy can then be taken to initiate puberty and continued from then on. Infertility caused by this syndrome cannot be treated, however it is possible for a woman with Turner's to go through IVF with a donor egg.
symptoms can be reduced by hormone therapy using estrogens and growth hormones
Turner syndrome can rarely be inherited
Yes and she is also the spokesperson for the Turner Syndrome Society.
No, Turner syndrome affects girls.
No, nobody has been cured from Turner syndrome.
Turner syndrome only occurs in females
Turner syndrome or Ullrich-Turner syndrome.
Turner's syndrome is only found in females.
people (girls/women) with turner syndrome live as long as regular people do....turner syndrome does not affect life spancy
Linda Hunt on NCIS Los Angeles has Turner's Syndrome.
No, Klinefelter syndrome and Turner syndrome are the result of nondisjunction of sex chromosomes. Klinefelter syndrome is caused by an extra X chromosome (XXY), while Turner syndrome is due to a missing X chromosome (XO).