Turner syndrome
Also called: gonadal dysgenesis
OVERVIEW
SYMPTOMS
TREATMENTS
NEWS
SPECIALISTS
Overview
Overview
Description
A chromosomal disorder in which a female is born with only one X chromosome
Turner syndrome results from a missing or incomplete sex chromosome.
Rare
Fewer than 200,000 US cases per year
Treatment can help, but this condition can’t be cured
Requires a medical diagnosis
Lab tests or imaging always required
Chronic: Is lifelong
Requires a medical diagnosis
Symptoms include short stature, delayed puberty, infertility, heart defects, and certain learning disabilities.
People may experience:
Developmental: abnormalities in development of reproductive organs, delayed puberty, or short stature
Whole body: high blood pressure or osteoporosis
Heart: congenital heart defect or narrowing of the aorta
Mouth: failure of teeth to develop normally or abnormally raised roof of the mouth
Also common: absence of menstruation, dysplastic nail, female infertility, recurrent ear infections, widely spaced nipples, celiac disease, elbow deformity, hearing loss, increased number of moles, kidney malformation, obesity, puffy hands and feet at birth, scoliosis, underactive thyroid, vision disorder, or webbed neck
Treatment depends on severity
Treatment involves hormone therapy. Fertility treatment may be necessary for women who want to become pregnant.
Medications
Hormone
Therapies
Counseling
Medical procedure
Assisted reproductive technology
SPECIALISTS
SPECIALISTS
Specialists
Pediatrician
Provides medical care for infants, children, and teenagers.
Primary care provider (PCP)
Prevents, diagnoses, and treats diseases.
OBGYN doctor
Focuses on reproductive health in women and childbirth.
Cardiologist
Specializes in heart disorders.
Endocrinologist
Treats metabolic and hormone disorders.
Urologist
Treats urinary tract diseases.
INTERSEX OUTLINE: Turner Syndrome outline
This is based on photos of people with Turner syndrome.
It’s eyes are cartoony to be cute.
The brown dots on her hands and feet are moles but they can be Nevi meaning spots that differ in color from the rest of your skin.
It’s to use in your story and you can edit it using Paint.NET from getpaint.net or Ibis Paint X which the outline was made in.
This is base for you all to draw on and you can credit me by saying “Made by God and NEW_IDEAS on the episode forums”
Girls with turner syndrome are beautiful and come in a lot of shapes and sizes.
This base was meant to make children with Turner Syndrome.
NOTE:
Not all of them have the same symptoms which is why some photos will be added.
Pictures of people with Turner Syndrome
These pictures were put here to show you what people with turner syndrome looks like but you can use paint.net or Ibis Paint X to trace them and make your own character off of the tracing (which basically means you only trace the body shape but you don’t make it look like the person you trace it off of, unless you have to, otherwise, you make it look like something or someone else)