The risks and complications of Turner syndrome

The risks and complications of Turner syndrome

Apart from the symptoms previously mentioned, other pathologies are sometimes associated with Turner syndrome:

  • A heart or aortic malformation is present in 5% of cases in a significant way and in 30% of cases there are minor malformations.
  • High blood pressure affects 40% of women with Turner syndrome.
  • Kidney malformations are present in 30% of cases.
  • Diabetes.
  • Osteoporosis (bone disease).
  • Hypothyroidism.
  • Visual disturbances (strabismus) and hearing (ear infections repeat).
  • Intellectual capacities, normal in the majority of women with Turner syndrome, however, are reduced in 6% of cases.

Almost all embryos with Turner syndrome (98-99%) undergo spontaneous termination of pregnancy during the first 3 months. In the United States, it is involved in 10% of spontaneous miscarriages.

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