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Huntingdon’s Disease Huntingdon’s disease is a brain disorder that affects a person’s ability to think, speak and move. However, it also destroys cells in the basal ganglia which are the part of the brain that controls your movement and emotions.
 * Description: **

Huntingdon’s disease is an autosomal dominant pattern. Anyone who inherits the faulty gene later on will get it. Therefore, if a parent has a mutated HD gene they have a 50% chance of passing it to their children.
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You see symptoms between the ages of 30-50 years old **Diagnoses **: Women can find out if her baby has this disease by to 2 tests which is taking fluid from around the fetus. Another way is by taking fetal cells from the placenta to see if the unborn child has this disease. However, after the child is born they can do neurological and psychological tests.
 * Symptoms **:
 * Poor memory
 * Depression or moods swings
 * Lack of coordination
 * Twitching
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Difficulty walking
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Difficulty speaking
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Hard time swallowing

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">Treatments for Huntingdon’s disease are physical or speech therapy to help those live normal lives. Therefore, they could use a certain medication proscribed by a doctor to help them ease the feeling and uncontrollable movements. However, the treatment only helps you feel more comfortable but doesn’t slow the disease down.
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 * Interesting facts ** :
 * Support Groups:**
 * Huntingdon’s Disease Caregiver Support group


 * Sources**:
 * Www. Northshorelij .com
 * Learn. Genetics.utah.edu/content/disorders/what are gd/hunt/index.html

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