However, early detection, say before birth (early in pregnancy), during childhood, or early adolescence can help with proper care.
Turner syndrome is a chromosomal disorder and is congenital (i.e., is present from birth) in females (girls/ women) hence cannot be prevented. Researchers don’t yet understand why this happens. Or also can say that they have one altered copy of the X chromosome which causes Turner syndrome. Girls having Turner Syndrome have either one copy of the X chromosome absent or partly missing. Hence normal girls will have two X chromosomes. Female (mothers) has XX chromosomes present in mother’s egg including all other cells, and Male (father) has XY present in father’s sperm including all other cells.Įach parent gives each girl one X chromosome, and Y chromosome material is passed down to sons by father with one X chromosome from mother. The majority of people are born with a set of two specific sex chromosomes. Usually, normal females have 46 chromosomes, including XX (sex chromosomes), but females with Turner syndrome have 45 chromosomes with XO (i.e., one of the X-chromosomes, i.e., sex chromosomes, is missing).
(Syndrome- Syndrome means a collection of signs and symptoms correlated with each other and often linked with a particular disease or disorder.) And occurs in a small percentage of girls and hence is considered a rare disorder. Turner syndrome is ONLY possible in females (girls/women). Turner syndrome is a chromosomal disorder (a type of genetic disorder) that is generally caused by the complete absence of one of the X- chromosomes (sex chromosomes) or due to the X- chromosome partially missing.