Huntingdon's+Disease-Lauren+Merkel

Huntingdon’s Disease **Description: **Huntingdon’s Disease is a brain disorder that affects a person’s ability to think, talk, and move

**Inheritance: **Inherited in an autosmall dominant pattern. This means who everyone who inherits the faulty gene. Would probably get the disease

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**Symptoms: **Affects thinking, emotion, and movement. Some symptoms include: poor memory, depression, and/or mood swings, lack of coordination, twitching, or uncontrolled movement

**Diagnosis: **During pregnancy a woman can find out if her baby will have the disease with 2 tests, taking a sample of fluid from around the fetus, takes sample from fetus cell from the palecents

**Treatment: ** 1. Medication ease feelings of depression 2. Physical or speech therapy helps HD paltents lead more normal life’s

**Interesting Facts:media type="custom" key="9657252" ** *Children who develop the juvenile form of the disease rarely live to adult hood <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">* Typically begin in mid-life

<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">*Australian Huntingdon’s Disease Association (NSW) <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; line-height: 115%;">[|www.google.com]
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Support Groups: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">*Huntingdon’s Disease society of America (HDSA)
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Sources: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; line-height: 115%;">[|www.kmuc.edu/hospital/huntingdons/groups.html]

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