Huntington's Disease


Huntington's disease, or Huntngton's chorea, is a genetic disease that
causes selective neural cell death, which results in chorea, or irregular,
jerking movements of the limbs caused by involuntary muscle contractions, and
dementia. It can cause a lack of concentration and depression. It also may
cause atrophy of the caudate nucleus, a part of the brain. However, symptoms
vary between individuals, with some sufferers showing symptoms that others do
not. Those suffering from Huntington's disease normally begin displaying
symptoms between the ages of 30 and 50, but has been known to show itself in
people as young as two and as old as 80.
Huntington's disease is inehrited from one of the victim's parents.
Since the gene for HD is dominant, there is a 50% chance of a sufferer's
offspring inheriting the disease. Because a victim usually does not begin to
display symptoms until after the period in which he or she would have children
and the disease may have......

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