Turner Syndrome
Jessica Allen
What is Turner Syndrome?
Below represents what someone with Turner syndrome chromosomes would look like, if you notice in the bottom under X there is only half of the X chromosome.
Symptoms of Turner Syndrome...
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People affected...
Turner syndrome occurs in about 1 in 2500 newborn girls worldwide, but are much more common among pregnancies that do not survive to term due to miscarriages and stillbirths.
Some people who have Turner syndrome are Missy Marlowe who is a world championship gymnast, Linda Hunt who is a actress especially known for being on NCIS, and Jannet Cranky who is a Scottish actress known for being on The Krankies Klub.
Below represents a graph of the growth rate of people with Turner syndrome, red being people with Turner syndrome,
Treatments...
The primary treatments for nearly all girls and women include hormone therapies include growth hormones and estrogen therapy. Somethings that are important fro a female with turner syndrome is to have regular check up doctor, periodic follow up with heart specialist, and have healthy lifestyle habits.