CRESTVIEW — The third annual Turner Syndrome Family Fun Day benefit is scheduled for 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sept. 24 at Old Spanish Trail Park Pavilion.
Barbecue plates and wristbands will be available for $5 each at the event. Seventy percent of the proceeds will defray medical costs for Crestview resident Madi Baxley; the remainder goes to awareness efforts.
Turner syndrome is a genetic condition present from birth, where the second X-chromosome is completely or partially deleted. It affects one out of 2,500 women. Turner syndrome itself is not life-threatening, but the medical conditions that ensue because of it can be.
People with the syndrome require strict medical management throughout their entire lives. Common characteristics are short stature, ovarian failure, heart defects, and normal intelligence with possible learning disorders, kidney abnormalities, lymphedema, frequent ear infections and hearing loss, and visual and spatial difficulties.
This article originally appeared on Crestview News Bulletin: Family Fun day to raise Turner syndrome awareness