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Turner’s Syndrome

FACTS:

• This is a disorder seen only in females due to a random error during the dividing of cells in the beginning of pregnancy.
  
• Signs of this disorder are a short neck with a webbed appearance, short height, short fourth fingers and toes, low hairline on back of neck, and a lack of sexual development at puberty.
  
• Heart Defects may be associated with this disorder.
  
• Growth is usually normal until three years of age then slows.
  
• These children are of normal intelligence
  
• They sometimes may have problems with their kidneys

TREATMENT:

• There is no medicine or surgery that can cure Turner’s Syndrome.
  
• Children with Turner’s Syndrome should be treated the same as other children.
  
• If children show signs of a heart defect or problems with urination they should be immediately seen by a doctor