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By Mayo Clinic staffIf your daughter has triple X syndrome, treatment is based on her symptoms, if any are present. For instance, if she has a learning disability from the triple X, she would require the same counseling as anyone else with that learning disability. This counseling usually involves teaching new techniques and strategies for learning, as well as providing motivation and help with using these tips in daily life.
If your daughter has been diagnosed with triple X syndrome, her doctor may recommend periodic screenings throughout childhood to make sure that any developmental delays or learning disabilities that may occur receive prompt treatment.
Because people with triple X syndrome may be more susceptible to stress, it's important to make sure your daughter has a supportive environment as well. Psychological counseling may help, both by teaching you and your family useful methods of demonstrating love and encouragement, and by discouraging behaviors that you might not realize are negative.
The chromosome change that causes triple X syndrome cannot be repaired, so the syndrome itself has no cure. However, given the treatable nature of most symptoms and how frequently no symptoms appear at all, it's quite possible to lead a full and normal life despite having this syndrome.
- Otter M, et al. Triple X syndrome: A review of the literature. European Journal of Human Genetics. 2010;18:265.
- Triple X syndrome. U.S. National Library of Medicine's Genetics Home Reference. http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/triple-x-syndrome. Accessed June 14, 2010.
- Tartaglia NR, et al. A review of trisomy X (47,XXX). Orphanet Journal of Rare Diseases. 2010;5:8.
- Lalatta F, et al. Triple X syndrome: Characteristics of 42 Italian girls and parental emotional response to prenatal diagnosis. European Journal of Pediatrics. In press. Accessed June 14, 2010.
- Zabel CA (expert opinion). Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minn. July 6, 2010.
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