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    Turner Syndrome is a rare disorder that only girls can get that is not preventable and parents can’t cause it. In the United States one out of every 2,000 girls have this disorder. A girl could get Turner Syndrome at any age and doctors can find out if a girl has it before they are born. It was discovered in 1938 by Dr. Henry Turner when he was trying to help a group of girls with dwarfism and nothing happened to them after they used the treatment that he gave them. The most common sign of Turner

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    Turner Syndrome By Katrina Christensen What is Turner syndrome? Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects the development in females. The X chromosome the cause of Turner syndrome. How is Turner syndrome diagnosed? Tuner affects the reproduction of females and can cause Osteoporosis. Turner syndrome affects the female reproductive. It causes early loss of ovarian functions. In nih.gov it says “The ovaries develop normally at first, but egg cells (oocytes) usually die prematurely

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    Turner Syndrome or otherwise medically known as Ullrich-Turner syndrome, gonadal dysgenesis is a chromosomal condition and this condition affects a female’s development. From an article Turner Syndrome Complications by Kelly M. Rehan (2014) “Turner syndrome was first discovered in 1938 by Dr. Henry Turner while studying a group of seven girls who all had the same unusual developmental and physical features” .Turner syndrome in chromosomal conditions is related to the x chromosome, This type of genome

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    People with Turner syndrome have an increased risk of developing autoimmune disorders that affect the thyroid gland. A condition called autoimmune thyroiditis, or Hashimoto's disease, is common among Turner syndrome patients. The disorder occurs when the immune system attacks the patient's thyroid gland, causing the thyroid to swell. The thyroid gland, located in the neck, produces hormones called triodothyronin (T3) and thyroxine (T4). These hormones control growth and the rate at which the body

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    Bullying is a topic everyone can relate to. A person with Turner Syndrome can be seen as an easy target for bullying. I struggled to recognize social cues making me an easy target. Between the ages 10-14 I use to have two neighbors that would tease me about being awkward and being a "cat lady". I always thought they were just joking around like friends normally do. Now I know they were doing this to be cruel. Taking advantage of how generous and naive I was they would only hangout with me when they

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    may experience problems with peers, milestones, and adolescence are individuals diagnosed with Turner Syndrome. The purpose of this paper is to explain the etiology, incidence, clinical manifestations, and diagnosis of this condition. Also discussed within this paper will be the current treatments for this condition along with its potential affects within specific areas of development. Turner Syndrome is a genetic condition that affects mainly woman and occurs on the X-chromosome. Instead of having

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    Turner syndrome is a chromosomal condition that affects development in females, which is also known as 45, X Syndrome; this disease affects the X sex chromosome, or the Y chromosome that determines the male features. If the whole other sex chromosome is missing the sex of the child will invariably be female, that is the classic Turner's syndrome. Mosaic Turner syndrome is where the female has one complete sex chromosome, and the other is partially missing. By the age of five, they start to develop

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    Turner Syndrome Every 1 in about 2,000 to 2,500 females born are afflicted. Turner syndrome is a non-inherited disease caused by abnormalities or lack of one of the X chromosomes. It can affect a female's height and reproductive system. First described in 1938 by Henry Turner, this disease has been known to plague women for years without a cure. Turner syndrome affects the way a female goes through puberty, her ability to have kids, and much more. The whole body is affected, but mainly the reproductive

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    Turner syndrome is a form of chromosomal condition that describes women and girls who have abnormal features, which are caused by either a partial or complete absence of the second sex, “X,” chromosome. Dr. Henry Turner was one of the first persons to describe these features in the 1938, and the syndrome is named after him. He observed and studied seven girls with similar “odd” features. “Turner Syndrome occurs in about one out of every two thousand females who are born, as well as in up to as many

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    Turner Syndrome is a genetic disorder that effects a girl’s development. Girls who have it are short, and most are infertile. Girls and women that have turner syndrome are at a risk for many health problems, including high blood pressure, kidney problems and diabetes. There is no cure. But treatment can help reduce symptoms as you read in the text below. This information stated below will explain health issues of turner syndrome. It will also cover symptoms and causes of this disease as well as diagnosis

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