klinefelter's syndrome

[Destructor]

dos anyone know what this is and how its treated what its symtoms are and if there is a cure?

 

[Spoooon]

It's genetic. Basically, the person is a hermaphrodite. No real treatment for it beyond therapy.

 

[Total Refected Power]

Do I smell a NEF?

 

[Spoooon]

The janitor in my elementary school had klinefelter's. All the kids were scared of him, including me. He was really tall, had a tall head, mentally retarded, and his shoulders had a severe arch going up to his neck (kind of hard to explain).

 

[SirFshAlot]

why don't you look it up on........the internet?

you can just type in what you're looking for, and shazam, it gives you links to find out more.

or you can get a bunch of armchair pseudo quacks giving you their take on it

maybe a certain old-timer will come out of the woodwork and give you the full blow on it, cause they are experts on this subject

 

[Demon-Xanth]

It's a situation where you have two X chromosomes and a Y chromosome (basically 3 instead of 2). Similar to Turners Syndrome where all you have is a single X

 

[Linh]

Basically an XXY male. Usually mentally and physically retarded. Learning disabilities are common, especially language. Physical symptoms probably don't show until puberty, where testes fail to enlarge and many where experience breast enlargement. Testosterone treatment beginning around puberty.

 

[Eug]

Yes, look it up. There should be information all over the net about it. If it's just for school, then the stuff off the net (always taken with a grain of salt) should suffice. If it is for personal reasons, I would advise seeing a health care professional for situation specific advice.

In short, a person with Klinefelter's is NOT a hermaphrodite, but a male usually with an extra (so-called female) X chromosome, so that he is XXY (normal is XY). However, there are variations on the theme (like XY/XXY).

An XXY male usually is infertile. He may or may not have developmental delay: ie. many Klinefelter's patients may have learning disabilities but some are of relatively normal intelligence (unlike Down Syndrome). It's probably a bad idea to compare it to Turner's Syndrome (X0) since they are quite different syndromes.

 

[Destructor]

thank you for all your help.

 

[Pretender]

I wonder, what would a person be like with 2 Y chromosomes. I know it's not physically possible right now, but if it were possible to remove all X chromosomes from an egg and replace them with Ys, what the baby would be like

 

[Mister T]

XYY exists.
generally characterized as over agressive males.
most of them are in jail

 

[LadyJessica]

If the fetus had no X chromosome, it would spontaneously abort. YY does not produce a viable fetus.