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Huntington’s disease Huntington’s disease is just simply a condition that is passed from parent to child through a defect (mutation) of the Huntington disease gene located on chromosome number 4. Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant condition, which means that only one parent must have this gene in order for a child to inherit it. Although Huntington's disease is typically inherited, in a small number of cases, someone with Huntington disease may not necessarily have a parent with the disorder. Huntington’s disease.The disease effects a persons ability to think, talk, move and also there emotions. It destroys cells in basal ganglia- which control movement, emotion and ability. Patients of this disease loose 25% of brain cells before death
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A Person inherits this disease when they inherit a expanded Huntington gene from one parent. Each parent has two copies of every chromosome but gives only one copy to each child. So that means each child of a person with Huntington's disease has a 50-50 chance of inheriting the Huntington disease gene. A person who inherits the Huntington disease gene, and survives long enough, will sooner or later develop Huntington's disease.

Huntington’s disease has many different symptoms most are different for an adult then for a child. Most people see symptoms at 30-50 years of age. Some symptoms are  Mood swings, Depression, Small involuntary movements, Poor coordination, Trouble learning new information or making decisions. People with symptoms of Huntington disease also experience changes in personality. People with this form of Huntington disease generally survive about 15 to 25 years after the symptoms appear.
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Huntington’s disease is diagnosed when a women infected is pregnant. After the child is born you can then take some test called neurological and psychological tests and doctors will ask medical questions as well. They will ask questions about your medical history and your families history

At this point, there is no cure for Huntington's disease or way of slowing its progression. But there are several medicines that can be prescribed for symptoms of Huntington disease. Some help ease the depression and anxiety most drugs used to treat the symptoms of this disease have side effects like as fatigue, restlessness, or hyper excitability. Some patients also get therapy to live more normal lives. Scientist are currently doing major research about this disease and there also studying infected humans by studying these people, scientists can detect patterns of inheritance in interrelated families about this disease. Scientific investigations include electronic and other technologies that enable then to see what the defective gene does to various structures of the brain.Some scientist are also testing animals. Huntington’s disease has currently no cure or way to slow or stop this disease. In America 1 in 30,000 are infected <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 12pt;">Eventually a person with this disease cant care for himself
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