Turner syndrome, a rare disease that only affects females, stems from an abnormality in one of a girl’s X chromosomes, leaving her with only one fully functional X chromosome. As a result, girls with Turner syndrome (also known as Ullrich-Turner syndrome) tend to be sexually underdeveloped and infertile. Other common symptoms of Turner syndrome include a short stature and a webbed neck. About one in 2,500 girls... Read more >
Turner syndrome is a rare, exclusively female disease that has a number of symptoms, including a short stature and a neck that appears webbed. Because Turner syndrome affects one of the X chromosomes in women, girls affected with this condition often also experience delayed and underdeveloped sexual characteristics (such as a lack of menstruation), as well as infertility. While Turner syndrome is... Read more >
With proper management, women with Turner syndrome can expect to live as long as healthy, unaffected individuals. However, whether or not a woman with Turner syndrome receives treatment for this condition, she may experience some complications that vary in severity. For example, while some of the complications associated with Turner syndrome are mild and easily treated, others pose a serious risk to a patient’s... Read more >
Turner syndrome is an irreversible condition that plagues affected girls from birth. There is no cure for this condition. Consequently, treatment for Turner syndrome revolves around managing the health problems that are symptoms of this disease. Common treatments for Turner syndrome revolve around any combination of physical and mental therapy, medication and hormone therapies. Diagnosing Turner Syndrome While... Read more >
Like many rare genetic diseases, Turner syndrome has no cure. As a result, treatments for Turner syndrome revolve around treating the symptoms of the disease and helping afflicted girls learn how to cope with life. If you have a child who suffers from Turner syndrome, keep in mind that these girls have to learn how to live with the disease at an early age to avoid serious self-esteem problems later in... Read more >
Let's lay our cards on the table: if you treat your daughter like an invalid, she will live like an invalid all her life. She may be small, she may be fragile and she may struggle. But she has a good shot at plenty of good living, as long as you help her to grow towards independence and sound decision-making. Here are the basic differences between your daughter with Turner Syndrome and other girls the... Read more >
Your parents probably thought a lot about your life expectancy when you were first diagnosed, until they understood that women with Turner's live just as long as those without. Today they may talk with each other and with you about possible learning disabilities, such as a nonverbal learning disability (NLD), associated with Turner Syndrome. If you're an adolescent girl with Turner's, however, the things you are... Read more >
By the time you're 21 years old, you know all the short jokes and the witty comebacks. You've learned to live life as a short person, to adapt to your special needs and to move around in an adult world. Some of the issues that concern adult women with Turner's include their future as a wife and mother. Often, women with Turner's take estrogen to ensure the development of secondary sexual characteristics... Read more >
Resources Developmental Disabilities Resources for Healthcare Providers. (April 9, 2001) Turner Syndrome. Retrieved November 9, 2001 from http://www.ddhealthinfo.org/ggrc/doc2.asp?ParentID=5197.Dr. Gerard Conway Adult Turner Clinic. (nd). TS Healthcare. Retrieved November 7, 2001 from http://www.tss.org.uk/.Hodson, J. (nd). Turner's Syndrome. Retrieved April 22, 2002 from... Read more >
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