Huntington+Disease


 * Huntington Disease**

Huntington Disease(HD) is a hereditary disease which [|destroyies neurons in the brain]. More specificly, it effects the part of the brain which involves emotions, movement and intellect. HD* progresses without stoping for 10-25 years after developing in people usually younger than 20. Eventually HD will cause a person to be unable to care for themselves due to mental instablilty and they will ultimatly die. This disorder is almost always caused from your genes, if a child has an affected parent there is a 50% chance they will inherit it. The genetic disorder is not fully understood but it is know that it involves the mutation of gene "IT-15" and it alters the function of the protein.



-Huntington's disease effects 1 in every 10000 people and experts say approximently 30,000 people in the U.S. have it.
 * Facts**

-Juvenile Huntington, a more severe case of Huntings Disease, occurs about 16% of the time in all HD cases.


 * Huntington disease is an inherited condition resulting from a single abnormal gene. Signs and symptoms can develope at any time, but usually between the ages of 35 - 50. Men and women are equall likely to develope the disease.

-If a parent has HD the child has a [|50-55% chance of inheriting] it.

> > > -The Huntington Disease cannot hide or not show its symptoms (the disease may take awhile to develop but it always eventually shows) if the offspring does not develop the disease it cannot be passed on to future generations. > > -The Huntington protein is present in all humans, when this protein is altered through a mutation invloving gene It-15, located on __chromosome 4__, it is resposible for HD and its disorders. > > **Symptoms** > > Symtoms of Huntington Disease include mood swings, irritability, depression, loss of memory, and uncontrolled movement. This symptoms increase as time passes leading to difficulty in walking and talking. As the functions in the brain die out memory and [|intellectual ablilities decline rapidly]. This will worsen to critical care, where a person cannot live without the neccesary needs. HD is not cotagous, you cannot give it to someone through sex, but the child produced from it will have the 50% chance of getting it. The first signs of the Huntington Disease is usually twitching will occur, there will also be unexplained fluctuations of moods so you could be very happy at one point then maybe really depressed. There is a slurring of speech and slowing of the speech. > > **Teatment** > > There is no cure fo Huntington Disease but there is medication to decrease or stop involuntary muscle movements, depression, and other mental/emotional problems. > > > *(HD means Huntington Disease not Hi-Def)
 * The Huntington disease first documented in 1872 by George Huntington, who was an American physician. Younger people as early as age 2 may develope the juevenile Huntington disease.