Huntingtons

disease
Carlos Cortes

Introduction
Huntingtons disease is a genetic disorder
in which causes problems with mental and
physical abilities. Here, you will learn more
about the disorder including how it is caused,
how it is inherited, and how it is diagnosed
and treated. People that carry the disease
gene but not have the disease and have kids,
then there is a 50 percent chance that the
child will have the disorder when they are

What Is huntingtons
Huntingtons disease is a progressive
disease?
disorder that affects the brain and causes
disorders with motor, cognitive, and physical
abilities. Huntingtons disease is usually
started when a person is within his thirties or
forties, but can start earlier which is called
juvenile Huntingtons disease. A person
usually dies after around 10-20 years after the
symptoms of the disease has started. People

Symptoms of Huntingtons
The symptoms affect cognitive, physical,
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and behavioral abilities, and worsens over

time. The symptoms can be chorea, which can
be involuntary jerking. There is muscle
problems, which can make you feel weak at
times. Eye movement can be difficult and
slow. Impaired balance, and difficulty
swallowing or speech. Juvenile huntingtons
disease can affect children with learning new

Cause of Huntingtons
disease
There are mutations on the HTT gene, the
gene involved with HD, that cause HD. The
mutation of HTT involves a dna segment called
CAG. In a normal person, the CAG segment is
repeated 10 to 35 times in a gene, but people
with HD has CAG repeated 36 to 120 times.
People whose CAG is repeated 36 to 39 times
may or may not get the signs and symptoms of
HD, but people who do have more than that do

How huntingtons disease

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inherited
disease is an autosomal
dominant pattern, which means that it only
takes one copy of the disorders gene to cause
huntingtons disease. It is a dominant
disorder. So if only one parent has the
disorder gene and the other one doesnt, their
child will have huntingtons if the gene
involved with the disorder is passed on to the
child. As the gene is passed on from

How huntingtons disease

Treatments for huntingtons disease involve drugs and medications. The
medications
are Xenazine, which can lessen chorea, which is jerking
is
treated
movements, but a huge side effect is that it may trigger some more
depression and other psychiatric conditions. Others are Antipsychotic
drugs which have a side effect of lessening movements which is helpful
for chorea. All these mentioned drugs are for movement disorders.
Medications to help with psychiatric disorders are antidepressants which
helps with compulsive disorders, antipsychotic drugs which help with
agitation and violent outbursts, and mood stabilizing drugs which help
with bipolar disorder.
Treatments that do not include drugs or medications are physical
therapies, speech therapies, and psychotherapies. Physical therapies
can teach you to help you better movements and strength in areas that

How Huntingtons disorder

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diagnosed
disease can be diagnosed by
tests done by a neurologist. The neurologist
can test you on things like motor reflexes with
muscles, strength, balance. They can also test
you with eye and hearing tests. Other tests
are mood and how well of state of mind are
you. There is also memory and thinking tests.
Bigger tests that can be done are things like
MRIs and CT scans. Genetic counseling is an

How common is
Huntingtons
disease
Huntingtons disease affects
around 3-7
people per 100,000 people of european
ancestry, so mostly people living in western
countries. These disorders are less common in
asians and african descent. So, it's not the
most common, but also not the rarest.