Tuesday, May 5, 2009

Turners Syndrome: Are women in danger or not

What is Turners Syndrome? Turners Syndrome is a genetic disorder that makes an X chromosome in women absent or damaged. This disorder was discovered in 1938 by Dr. Henry Turner. That's why this disorder is named Turners Syndrome. How do you know if someone has Turners Syndrome? There are some ways to tell if you have it. These ways are short neck, short stature, lack of sexual development at puberty, heart defects, swollen hands and feet, wide neck, dry eyes, and drooping eyelids. This disorder is very rare and the mortality rate is 5 of 156, but if you do get it there are treatments. The only two treatments are growth hormones and estrogen replacement. This disorder is very rare because 1 out of 2500 women in the world get it. Well as you could guess from the title only women can get Turners Syndrome. If you want to know where I got this information go to http://www.Turnersyndrome.com
http://www.Jech.bmj.com/cgi/content/abstract/40/2/97
and http:// www.ask.com

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