Turner Syndrome Research Paper

-Diagnosing Turner Syndrome: Girls with Turner syndrome are usually diagnosed either before birth or around the time they supposed to go through puberty. If the doctor notices certain features on ultra sound image such as heart defect or kidney abnormality so there is a chance that the baby has Turner syndrome. One of two procedures can be performed to test for Turner syndrome before birth, Chorionic villus sampling, this involves removal of a small piece of tissue from the placenta or Amniocentesis, a sample of the amniotic fluid is taken from the uterus6. After birth, if the doctor notices some signs of Turner syndrome, the doctor will usually order a special blood test called Karyotype, which count the number of chromosomes and identify any …show more content…
In some cases there are no signs that a girl has Turner syndrome until she reaches the age that she must go through puberty6.

-Management: Turner syndrome is a lifelong disease with no cure, because it is a condition that is caused by a chromosomal abnormality. During childhood and adolescent, girls who are infected with this disease may go under the care of pediatric endocrinologist to avoid the development of some of the symptoms of the disease as short stature, growth hormone injections are very beneficial in some individuals. Injections often begin in early childhood to increase the final childhood height by few inches. The result of this hormone differs from one case to another because each case of Turner syndrome has its own condition7. Another two hormones help to reduce the feature of this syndrome they are estrogen and progesterone. These two hormones help to develop or grow the breast. Estrogen replacement therapy is the way to get the estrogen, which started at the puberty time, around 12 years old when the breast start to develop. Estrogen and progesterone are taken later to begin the period, which is important for the womb health. Osteoporosis on the

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