Turners Syndrome

[Inanna]

I am sorry about your sister.

Turner syndrome is a chromosomal abnormality of the x chromosome. Only females can have Turners Syndrome (there is a similar condition called Noonan's Syndrome that has a similar phenotype that can affect males) It usually presents as having short stature, a wide or webbed neck an unusual hairline - sometimes they develop scoliosis (curvature of the spine). Usually there is normal intellegence. Most girls with Turner Syndrome do not have functioning ovaries. So most are infertile.

If she had not had the urological abnormality (these are not uncommon with Turners) & Turner Syndrome was her only problem she would have been supported with perhaps growth hormones, opthalmological and audiological tests (hearing and sight problems are common but treatable usually)...

Turners Syndrome is a reason behind many still births.