Camryn Whitley
Anatomy
Mr. Hunter
December 12, 2014
Background information of Triple X Syndrome After every baby is born, people compare his or hers features to the parents. The baby has his mother’s blue eyes or the baby inherited his height from his father. All these examples could be true but people do not understand how the gene pool works. When a disorder runs in the family, the parents want to know the chances of their offspring having the disorder (GHR). This can be difficult to predict in some cases because many factors influence a person’s development of their genetic condition. It is a random mutation that occurs in the chromosome pairs before birth.
Gene mutations
Gene mutations can vary from different disorders which may have expanded
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Triple X is found in females. Although this disorder is commonly known to affect the learning and motor skills there is a 10% chance that the women or girls can experience seizures or kidney problems (GHR). The condition occurs in about 1 and 1,000 new born girls (GHR). Males cannot experience this disorder. Males have one X chromosome and one Y chromosome. Females have two X chromosomes; this is why females can only have Triple X. When the extra chromosome is attached it forms the chromosome XXX. Five to ten females with Triple X syndrome are born in the United States each day (GHR).
Is Triple X Syndrome life changing? Any disorder you experience is life changing. Disorders do not destroy a life. Disorders make an individual push themselves harder to achieve the goals they are not expected to achieve. Research proves that people who are diagnosed with this disorder can live a normal life. Many females who have Triple X Syndrome go their whole life without any problems. Many females do not know they have the disorder until they are tested. Some cases are more severe than others so the affects differ from life changing to not noticing any problems at all.
Chromosomes of Triple X
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The different types of treatments differ from the symptoms the individual experiences, if any. If the individual is diagnosed with the disorder the doctor would recommend a type of counselling or extra learning alterative to catch up on learning. There is no medication that will help this disorder. The best way to handle the situation is providing physical therapy to help strengthen the weak muscles. Another way to help is through providing extra assistance in schooling. Any type of tutoring, after school sessions, or one on one time with a teacher or parent will always be helpful.
Medical Research. There is no medical research currently being done for Triple X syndrome. There is a good understanding of how this disorder is created and how it has to be handled. It is very hard to tell the disorder before birth due to the last chromosomes setting in. There is no way to prevent this random mutation from happening.
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Women have two X-chromosomes so that is why they will not have the disease. They have one defected gene and one normal. Their normal
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1. Similar to other diseases like, say, cancer, having family members who have it can increase your chance of getting it, though specific genes have been difficult to truly pin. 2. For those with Down syndrome, a gene contained in the extra chromosome increase the risk. 3.
Most people with the syndrome are not diagnosed until they are adults but sign of the syndrome show up as you grow to become an adult. If they are early dragonised they can receive help to overcome any problems that are caused by Klinefelter Syndrome KLINEFELTER SYNDROME SYMPTOMS DIAGRAMS GENETICS OF THE DISEASE While Klinefelter Syndrome is a genetic disorder it isn’t inherited by any of the male and female counter parts. This is caused by the additional X chromosome which is can described as an error in cell division called meiosis causes an reproductive cell to have abnormal number of chromosomes. The image on the right clearly shows the karyotype for Klinefelter syndrome and were the chromosome disorder is.
Down syndrome is a very common genetic disorder. 1 in every 691 kids are born in the United States has it according to the National Down Syndrome Society c. Symptoms of Downs include: mild to moderate mental disability, stunted growth, low muscle tone, and thyroid issues, higher risk for Alzheimer’s and heart failure. (Genetic Disorders Sourcebook, Third Edition) (Transition: Now that you have a better understanding of what Down Syndrome is, let’s take a look at the 2 most common ways Trisomy 21 occurs) II. Although there are more than two ways to acquire the extra 21st chromosome that causes Down Syndrome, I’m only going to cover the two most common.
Psychologist says that being a victim of this syndrome have various negative impact on the child. As most of parent’s attention goes to oldest and youngest siblings so
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