Klinefelter Syndrome
Klinefelter Syndrome is a disorder in which there is an extra X chromosome to the standard male, 47 chromosomes rather than 46 chromosomes, genetically common to males. David Drexler is a 56 year old man with Klinefelter Syndrome or XXY for short; he was diagnosed with Klinefelter Syndrome at age 19. Mr. Drexler describes that in following with the Syndrome it'll delay puberty too. Drexler childhood was terrible. At the age 18, puberty didn't seem to happen for Drexler, his father took him to the endocrinologist to put Drexler on a huge dose of testosterone, but it shows no effects for him. Soon in the following year, Drexler was developing breast, which was called gynecomastia and it can only be treated with mastectomy. Drexler father had taken him to the endocrinologist and he explained that Drexler had Klinefelter Syndrome, to Drexler that was a halt in his life basically, when he went back, Drexler research the disorder and seen very little information for the disorder. Drexler went back to his doctor and the doctor explains …show more content…
Basically that what Drexler did. 20 year after knowing he had Klinefelter Syndrome, Drexler discover a site with people that have Klinefelter Syndrome. Hearing from those people, Drexler decide to prove other wrong from
Klinefelter Syndrome is a disorder in which there is an extra X chromosome to the standard male, 47 chromosomes rather than 46 chromosomes, genetically common to males. David Drexler is a 56 year old man with Klinefelter Syndrome or XXY for short; he was diagnosed with Klinefelter Syndrome at age 19. Mr. Drexler describes that in following with the Syndrome it'll delay puberty too. Drexler childhood was terrible. At the age 18, puberty didn't seem to happen for Drexler, his father took him to the endocrinologist to put Drexler on a huge dose of testosterone, but it shows no effects for him. Soon in the following year, Drexler was developing breast, which was called gynecomastia and it can only be treated with mastectomy. Drexler father had taken him to the endocrinologist and he explained that Drexler had Klinefelter Syndrome, to Drexler that was a halt in his life basically, when he went back, Drexler research the disorder and seen very little information for the disorder. Drexler went back to his doctor and the doctor explains …show more content…
Basically that what Drexler did. 20 year after knowing he had Klinefelter Syndrome, Drexler discover a site with people that have Klinefelter Syndrome. Hearing from those people, Drexler decide to prove other wrong from