Brave Scots girl is only person in the world with unique combination of rare diseases
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dailyrecord.co.ukAyr, dreams of working in hospital wards as a play specialist.Rare Diseases Day was marked recently and Iona and her mum Ann, 57, a retired police sergeant, want to raise awareness of Iona’s conditions.Iona has Turner Syndrome, where one of a girl’s X chromosomes are missing and which affects about one in 3500 girls, as well as a range of other conditions.Most sufferers grow up to be shorter than average, with underdeveloped ovaries and fertility issues.Girls also have distinctive features and associated health conditions, some of which may be apparent from birth including thick neck tissue, being a small baby, heart conditions and kidney abnormalities.Ann had never even heard of Turner Syndrome when Iona was diagnosed.
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