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TURNER'S SYNDROME
IN CHILDREN
How is a child with Turners syndrome treated?
Once a child is diagnosis as Turners syndrome, a pediatric endocrinologist may have to be consulted for hormonal and growth problems.
Every girl with Turners syndrome must be screened for associated medical problems to detect heart defects, renal problems, skeletal problems and thyroid hormones deficiency .Hearing should be tested clinically regularly to detect hearing loss.
Baseline female hormone levels may be done and when the child approaches 10 years of age, the doctor may treat her with low dose androgens (male-type hormones) or estrogens (female- type hormones) to increase the growth velocity (which may almost double on treatment). Treatment with growth hormones may help though it is still in the preliminary stage
When the girl reaches 13 to 14 years of age, female hormones (estrogen alone at first, then combined with progesterone) may be started to bring about pubertal development (breasts may develop & menstruation will start). Most women with Turners syndrome may need to take these female hormone pills for the entire life, though they may be stopped when the women reaches the age when most women are entering menopause. Children with ‘Y’ chromosome may have to be operated to remove their gonads to prevent cancer from occurring in the gonads.
What is the life span of a child with Turners syndrome?
If the girls with Turners syndrome obtain good medical and psychological care, the quality of life for them is excellent. The life span of girls with Turners syndrome is on par with the average population.
Last updated on 26-12-2000
Once a child is diagnosis as Turners syndrome, a pediatric endocrinologist may have to be consulted for hormonal and growth problems.
Every girl with Turners syndrome must be screened for associated medical problems to detect heart defects, renal problems, skeletal problems and thyroid hormones deficiency .Hearing should be tested clinically regularly to detect hearing loss.
Baseline female hormone levels may be done and when the child approaches 10 years of age, the doctor may treat her with low dose androgens (male-type hormones) or estrogens (female- type hormones) to increase the growth velocity (which may almost double on treatment). Treatment with growth hormones may help though it is still in the preliminary stage
When the girl reaches 13 to 14 years of age, female hormones (estrogen alone at first, then combined with progesterone) may be started to bring about pubertal development (breasts may develop & menstruation will start). Most women with Turners syndrome may need to take these female hormone pills for the entire life, though they may be stopped when the women reaches the age when most women are entering menopause. Children with ‘Y’ chromosome may have to be operated to remove their gonads to prevent cancer from occurring in the gonads.
What is the life span of a child with Turners syndrome?
If the girls with Turners syndrome obtain good medical and psychological care, the quality of life for them is excellent. The life span of girls with Turners syndrome is on par with the average population.
Last updated on 26-12-2000
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