Turner syndrome John Aminti

Turner syndrome only affects girls, by messing up their X chromosome. This disease affect about on in every 2500 girl, so only a few kids get it. Scientist does not know what causes the disease yet but they are still working on it. Turner syndrome affects the X chromosomes of a girl; turner syndrome causes the girl to be missing an X chromosome or part of an X chromosome when they are born. The effects of turner syndrome could be anything it depends on how the body’s cells are affected by the change of the X chromosome. People who have Turner syndrome usually are very short and will only grow to be about four feet and seven inches. If this disease is diagnosed at an early stage when the person who has the disease is still growing they will be able to treat and make the kid larger. One of the worst conditions turner syndrome can give you is that the girl’s ovaries will not develop properly. This will also mess up the girl sexual development. Girls will not go through puberty with this disease unless they are treated for it. Since Turner syndrome is a caused by messed up chromosomes there is no specific cure there are only treatments. For example, if someone has growth problems the doctor will give them growth hormones to treat their abnormality. You can not catch turner syndrome like a cold you just develop it or you are born with it. picture http://medgen.genetics.utah.edu/photographs/diseases/high/peri086.jpg