• This blog post is a quick outline on turner syndrome, also
  know as monosomy X or congenital ovarian hypoplasia syndrome. This is a genetic
  disorder which only affects females and is caused by a missing X chromosome. We
  will be looking at what symptoms turner syndrome can cause and what treatment
  is available for it. 

• Turner syndrome is found in 2000 – 2500 females around the
  world is associated with short stature. The syndrome is rarely inherited and is
  due to defects in the formation of the embryo during pregnancy. In cases of
  normal birth a baby is born with 46 chromosomes and in females the 23^rd
  pair consist of two X chromosomes. In the case of monosomy x TS, either the
  male sperm or the female egg fails to produce the 23^rd chromosome
  which results in the embryo missing an X chromosome. There is another type of
  Turner syndrome called Mosaic TS in which the embryo does receive 46
  chromosomes but during cell division some cells may be not receive the x
  chromosome, in this case the symptoms will be milder and will depend on what
  part of the X chromosome is missing. 

• The symptoms of Turner syndrome may differ from one girl to
  another, as mentioned above the main symptom is short stature and in babies it
  will show in decreased growth percentiles between four and six. There are many
  other symptoms of TS, for example a few are feeding problems during early
  stages in life, skeletal problems, low set ears, webbing of the neck, puffy
  hands and feet and repeated ear infection.

• According to reports it is estimated that 90% of girls will
  suffer ovarian failure yet if diagnosed early, TS does not stop them from
  living a normal life. Unfortunately there is no cure for Turner syndrome
  because it is a chromosomal disorder yet with early interventions of therapies
  such as growth hormones therapy and estrogen therapy will  with help with long term effects of TS.

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