1 in 500 to 1000 males are born 47XXY, the chromosomal abnormality that causes Klinefelter Syndrome. Although the incidence of this syndrome is twice as common as Down's, it is basically unheard of. Further, males typically don't know they have it until they try to get pregnant...and realize t...
1 in 500 to 1000 males are born 47XXY, the chromosomal abnormality that causes Klinefelter Syndrome. Although the incidence of this syndrome is twice as common as Down's, it is basically unheard of. Further, males typically don't know they have it until they try to get pregnant...and realize that they are azoospermic (without sperm). My husband has this syndrome and we are now in the throws of cutting edge science in an attempt to allow him to father a child. It involves surgery to slice open his testicles and look for sperm at the source. It involves IVF on my part. The said thing is that as boys who have Klinefelter's may actually have sperm in their ejaculate when they begin puberty, but lose that ability very early on. If parent's could recognize the other anatomical, hormonal and cognitive characteristics that go with Klinefelter's that tend to fly under the radar, wouldn't that be a boon to allowing these boys to freeze sperm for later pregnancies? Or help parents understand that maybe there's another reason for their son's short attention span? In the future, maybe they won't have to go through a surgery like my husband, whose doctor is world renowned urologist Dr. Paul Turek at the Turek Clinic in San Francisco. We would be willing to let you film his operation or anything else you thought would help. Please just get the word out to help these men and or/boys. They are definitely not alone!