SEX REVERSAL

Iral, Jalen Rose G.

SYMPTOMS
• Women do not produce eggs
• Women do not produce hormones
• Campomelic Dysplasia
• Neuropathy
TREATMENT

• Hormonal Replacement Therapy

• Ultrasound
• Nachal Transluency Screening
• Genetic counseling
CAN SEX REVERSAL BE CURED?
• Sex reversal can be cured
• Hormonal Replacement Therapy
• Removal of streak gonads
• Most cases are not inherited
• X chromosome is dominant
• Y chromosome is recessive
• It is a recessive trait
HOW COMMON IS SEX REVERSAL?
• Not common at all
• approximately 1 in 80,000 people
IS THERE A CERTAIN RACE IT IS MOST COMMON
IN? IS IT MORE COMMON IN MEN OR WOMEN?
• Whites, Blacks and Hispanics
• Found in both sex
• Most common in females
HOW LONG IS THE AVERAGE LIFE SPAN OF
A PERSON WITH THIS DISORDER?
• There is no specific age
• Depends on the development
• 18-23 year old
HOW IS THE FAMILY OF A PERSON WITH THIS
DISORDER AFFECTED?
• Individuals inherit an altered SRY
- unaffected father who is mosaic
• Mosaic – an individual has the mutation (in some cells)
• A father may carry the mutation
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED PERSONALLY
FROM RESEARCHING THIS DISORDER?
• Aware of yourself
• Careful with yourself
REFERENCES

• https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/swyer-
syndrome/
• https://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/swyer-
syndrome#statistics
• https://www.sciencedirect.com/topics/medicine-
and-dentistry/disorders-of-sex-development