Physical Characteristics
People with Turner's Syndrome tend to have an overall shortness to all their physical features. at the height of their growth, averaging in at about 4' 5" or so, they also have generally small necks as well. They also have an abnormally large space between nipples.
Child with Turner's Syndrome Beside Karyotype
As seen in the bottom right, the entire X is missing from one of the genotypes.
Treatment
While Turner's Syndrome has no cure, many treatments are available to help the lives of those with Turner's. For example, therapeutic sessions are recommended for those with Turner's. Many people have cardiovascular disorders (usually having to do with the pumping of the aorta), and have to undergo many surgeries. In the future, post-puberty, they face bone problems such as Osteoporosis.
Interesting Fact
In almost all cases of Turner's syndrome, the genetic disorder causes infertility (or the inability to bear children). If given the opportunity to take a donor's egg, one with Turner's Syndrome could have the ability to have children, however frequent visits to a clinic are strictly enforced to maintain the health of the baby and mother.
Sites
Turner's syndrome. (2010). In H. Marcovitch (Ed.), Black's medical dictionary, 42nd edition. London, United Kingdom: A&C Black. Retrieved from http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/blackmed/turner_s_syndrome/0
http://genmed.yolasite.com/resources/Combined%20Turne.JPG
http://healthresearchfunding.org/6-interesting-facts-turner-syndrome/
Turner's syndrome. (2010). In H. Marcovitch (Ed.), Black's medical dictionary, 42nd edition. London, United Kingdom: A&C Black. Retrieved from http://search.credoreference.com/content/entry/blackmed/turner_s_syndrome/0
http://genmed.yolasite.com/resources/Combined%20Turne.JPG
http://healthresearchfunding.org/6-interesting-facts-turner-syndrome/