Turner’s syndrome is due to the lack of a small portion of the genetic mass. This means, among other things, that the baby grows slower than expected and that the ovaries do not function properly. The heart can also be affected, sometimes severely. But the symptoms vary and can be variously strong. The treatment depends on the symptoms and often consists of hormones.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This text is mainly about children who have Turner syndrome.\u00a0But much of what is here also applies to you who is an adult and has Turner syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The body consists of\u00a0cells.\u00a0In the cell nucleus, there are usually 46 chromosomes.\u00a0Two of them are so-called sex chromosomes that control which sex hormones are formed.\u00a0Turner’s syndrome lacks all or part of one sex chromosome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Only children born as girls can have Turner syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Sometimes Turner’s syndrome<\/strong> is already discovered at birth, sometimes it is only noticed when the child is between six and eight years, or in his teens.\u00a0It also happens that adults are diagnosed when they have difficulty getting pregnant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most have few and less prominent symptoms, but sometimes they can be noticed more. No child gets all the symptoms described below, but they vary greatly from child to child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most common and clearest symptom of turner’s syndrome<\/strong> is that the child grows slowly.\u00a0The child is therefore shorter than expected, compared to his genetic family.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A child who has not been treated with growth hormone will, as an adult, be approximately 20 cm\u00a0shorter than the expected length, taking into account the\u00a0length\u00a0of the genetic parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The ovaries often age prematurely with Turner’s syndrome.\u00a0This means that they produce too little or no estrogen at all when puberty should start.\u00a0Usually,\u00a0puberty\u00a0does not start properly, and the teenager does not receive\u00a0menstruation\u00a0either.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children with Turner syndrome can\u00a0be born with heart failure.\u00a0This means that there are malformations in the heart or in the large blood vessels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Heart failure can sometimes be severe even when the baby is newborn or becomes serious when the baby is growing or if the heart is under stress.\u00a0Pregnancy and childbirth, for example, entail great stress on the heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In the Complications chapter, you can read more about what heart failure can lead to.\u00a0The chapter is further down in the text.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n The congenital heart defect can cause the child to have\u00a0elevated blood pressure.\u00a0High block pressure can also develop without a congenital heart defect.\u00a0It can happen in both adults and children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Some children with Turner’s syndrome often get ear infections and need to see an ear doctor regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Ear organs can also age prematurely with Turner’s syndrome. It can make hearing loss worse when the child is in his upper teens or older.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is no link between having many ear infections and ear organs prematurely.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A newborn baby with Turner’s syndrome may have difficulty sucking in the first few months after birth. It becomes easier to eat when the baby starts eating solid food.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The baby can be born with a narrow palate or a small lower jaw.\u00a0It can cause the teeth to become crowded, especially as the larger\u00a0permanent teeth emerge.\u00a0It is usually the pediatric dentist who discovers that it is tight for the teeth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A narrow palate or a small lower jaw probably does not affect the child’s ability to suck.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child may have congenital malformations of the urinary tract and kidneys, but they rarely lead to any problems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Turner’s syndrome does not affect intelligence but can cause problems with what is called perception.\u00a0It is how the brain receives, interprets and processes mental impressions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For example, it may prove that the child or adult has difficulty with the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most often it does not appear if anyone has Turner syndrome. But sometimes a baby can be born with swollen hands and backbones. The swelling usually disappears by itself within a few months. A child can also be born with a slightly wider neck and chest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is an increased risk of getting certain diseases from Turner’s syndrome:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most diseases can develop regardless of age, but some develop almost exclusively in adults.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you think your child has Turner syndrome, contact a child care center, school health care or pediatric clinic.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you are an adult and think you have Turner syndrome yourself, contact a health care provider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can contact many receptions by\u00a0logging in.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child may have a\u00a0blood test\u00a0if the doctor suspects Turner’s syndrome<\/span>.\u00a0The blood sample is analyzed, among other things, to see what the chromosomes look like.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Other investigations are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes a pregnant person can submit a blood test called\u00a0NIPT.\u00a0It can show the likelihood of whether the fetus has chromosome abnormalities that may pose an increased risk of Turner’s syndrome.\u00a0The child is then carefully examined after birth, among other things, the child may submit blood tests for chromosome analysis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Getting the message that your child has Turner syndrome can be experienced as a relief, as it can explain various problems the child has had. But it can also be overwhelming, because Turner’s syndrome is something the child has throughout his life and because there is an increased risk of certain diseases.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to get a diagnosis as it is the basis for getting the right treatment. When you and your child know about the diagnosis, you and the doctor also know what to pay special attention to. Then it is faster to cure or treat the diseases that may occur.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child is carefully examined after being diagnosed, regardless of the child’s age.\u00a0It is to find out how much the organs have been affected if the child needs treatment and what needs to be checked again.\u00a0The studies also make it possible to detect any diseases that may develop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What is being done include the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child will continue to be examined regularly, even as an adult. Then, especially the heart, the large blood vessels, the thyroid and the estrogen content in the blood are checked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is important to keep in touch with health care and to have health checks throughout your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Until the child is 18, the child will receive care at a children’s clinic or at a so-called Turner Center. At the children’s clinic and the Turner Center, people from different occupational categories and with different specialist skills work together.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You will have regular contact with the health care staff at the children’s clinic or at the Turner Center.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child receives information as the child matures and understands more. It is good if the child is told as early as possible why she is being examined and receiving treatment. For example, health care professionals can help tell what Turner syndrome means and what happens during treatment. They can also answer questions, and provide advice and support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n When the teen has turned 18, medical responsibility is transferred to clinics that care for adults. This means that the adult is allowed to visit different specialists and clinics, unlike before when she received most of the care at the same reception.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As an adult, you are responsible for making sure that your visits to health care are lost.\u00a0It is therefore good to know a great deal about Turner’s syndrome, how it affects one’s own body, and when and where to seek care.<\/p>\n\n\n\n A child may not need treatment for turner’s syndrome<\/span>, at least not in the first few years after diagnosis if the child is diagnosed as a newborn.\u00a0It depends on which and how many symptoms of turner’s syndrome<\/em> the child has.\u00a0Sometimes, even treated as an adult may not be needed.\u00a0However, it is important to continue having regular doctor visits and health checks throughout your life.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children with Turner syndrome are often treated with growth hormone, as it is common for the child to grow slowly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Treatment for turner’s syndrome<\/em> ends when the body no longer grows, which is when puberty development is complete.\u00a0This applies whether or not the child has received sex hormones for puberty, or not.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The children who need hormone therapy for the body to undergo puberty development get estrogen and eventually also progesterone. The treatment with estrogen and progesterone replaces the sex hormones that the body does not produce itself.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Treatment begins when the child is of an age when puberty usually begins. The treatment causes the body to develop as it should and the teen also gets menstrual bleeding. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Treatment with estrogen and progesterone continues until you are between 50 and 60 years.\u00a0It is important to continue treatment with estrogen and progesterone as an adult.\u00a0It reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease, and to get osteoporosis.\u00a0When the treatment is finished, you enter the\u00a0menopause.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The deficiency of thyroid hormone is\u00a0treated with\u00a0drugs\u00a0that replace the hormone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n An\u00a0overproduction of thyroid hormone\u00a0is also treated with\u00a0drugs, but a drug that reduces thyroid production.\u00a0The thyroid gland may also need surgery or radioactive iodine treatment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child may have a tube implanted in the eardrum if the child often has ear infections. The inoperative tube may reduce the number of ear infections and antibiotic treatments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Hearing can be impaired\u00a0even when in upper teens.\u00a0This is because of the auditory organs age earlier in Turner’s syndrome, and not the ear inflammation.\u00a0Then\u00a0hearing aids\u00a0may be needed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n There is a lot you can do yourself to affect your blood sugar value.\u00a0In the article Diabetes type 2 you can read more about\u00a0what you as an adult can do\u00a0to reduce the risk of high blood sugar value.\u00a0You may need\u00a0treatment with blood-sugar-lowering drugs\u00a0if it does not help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n It is very uncommon for children and adolescents to have elevated blood sugar levels due to type 2 diabetes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n In order to avoid\u00a0osteoporosis, it is important to continue its treatment with estrogen, even after puberty.\u00a0It is also good to exercise because it counteracts osteoporosis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most common congenital heart defect is that the heart has two flaps where the heart passes into the large body pulmonary artery.\u00a0Usually, there will be three flaps.\u00a0The flaps prevent the blood from being pumped in the wrong direction.\u00a0The child gets no symptoms, but the risk of complications increases the older the person becomes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Children can get complications as they get older, even if they are born with a healthy heart and healthy blood vessels. This is why a doctor regularly checks the heart and the large blood vessels, to detect in time if anything deteriorates. Controls can take a long time, but it is important that they are done regularly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child or adult may be given medication or need surgery if the heart or blood vessels have deteriorated. The heart and blood vessels are also checked more often then.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The most serious thing with Turner’s syndrome<\/em> is congenital heart failure and having problems with the large body artery.\u00a0The large body pulmonary artery is also called the aorta.<\/p>\n\n\n\n What can happen is the following:<\/p>\n\n\n\n A person with Turner’s syndrome can have a pregnancy and have children, although this is less common.\u00a0However, pregnancy and childbirth entail a great strain on the heart, which can be a very serious condition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Therefore, before deciding on a planned pregnancy, it is important that the heart is carefully examined and to discuss what pregnancy and childbirth mean to the body.\u00a0Depending on what the study shows, it may sometimes be necessary to abstain from pregnancy.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Most people with Turner syndrome need help to get pregnant. There are two possibilities today:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Having Turner’s syndrome is no obstacle to living a good life, but since Turner’s syndrome is something you have all your life, it can cause you to worry and worry about the future. For example, there may be thoughts about their health, about relationships, about career choices and education.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The child can receive support calls from the healthcare team when needed. It can be, for example, when the child is in his teens and has questions about his own body, about his identity, sexuality and the future. But even a younger child may have similar issues and may then receive support calls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Many of the thoughts of a child or a teenager with Turner’s syndrome are probably not different from the thoughts of a child or a teenager without Turner’s syndrome.\u00a0The site\u00a0UMO contains\u00a0information that is aimed at anyone between the ages of 13 and 25.\u00a0There, the teen can get answers to questions about sex, health, and relationships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Sometimes the child and the family may want to get in touch with someone else who has Turner syndrome.\u00a0Through the Association, they can meet other children and adults with Turner’s syndrome, for example at camps and local meetings.\u00a0There, parents can also meet, as well as relatives of children and adults who have Turner’s syndrome.<\/p>\n\n\n\n As a parent of a child with Turner syndrome, you may also need support calls.\u00a0There may be times when you may have more questions and worry about the child’s future, for example when you find out about the diagnosis when the child should start school or be in puberty.\u00a0Address your concerns with the healthcare team.<\/p>\n\n\n\n The Sibling\u00a0Competence\u00a0website\u00a0contains\u00a0information for siblings of children who have a disability, illness or diagnosis.\u00a0Sibling competence is a project within\u00a0\u00c5grenska, a national competence center for children with rare diagnoses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Turner’s syndrome is due to the lack of a small portion of the genetic mass. 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The child grows slowly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Puberty is affected<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Congenital heart defect<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Higher blood pressure<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
More ear infections<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
May have difficulty eating like a newborn<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Teeth may have difficulty growing properly<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Congenital malformation of the urinary tract<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Can be difficult to interpret the impression of the mind<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The child may have visible symptoms when they are born<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Increased risk of certain diseases<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When and where should I seek care?<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Surveys<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Blood tests in pregnant women may show possible chromosome abnormality<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Getting diagnosed<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Careful examination after diagnosis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
The child receives care at a children’s clinic<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Good to know a lot about his condition<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Treatment for turner’s syndrome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Treatment with growth hormone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Treatment with sex hormones estrogen and progesterone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Deficiency or excess of thyroid hormone<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Ear inflammation and hearing impairment<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Elevated blood sugar levels and type 2 diabetes<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Osteoporosis<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Congenital heart defect and problems with the large arterial artery<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
Complications<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Turner’s syndrome and pregnancy<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
Living with Turner syndrome<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
When the child has thoughts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n
When you as a parent have thoughts<\/h3>\n\n\n\n