huntingtons-samm

Huntington Disease **Description: ** The disease destroys cells in the basal ganglia. This disease affects the cagtriplets, approximately 40 or more. **Inheritance: **This disease is an autosomal disease. \  **Punnett Square **  **﻿ ** **Symptoms: **some early systems are: forms of nervous activity like: fidgeting, minor twitching in the fingers and toes. Excessive restlessness. Some clumsiness. **Diagnosis: **They take an amniocentesis of the woman’s fetus cells. **Treatment: ** 1. Medications are use feelings of depression and anxiety; others control involuntary movements. 2. physical or speech therapy helps HD patients lead more normal lives. **Interesting Facts: ** <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">follows from complications such as choking, infection or heart failure.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">HD slowly diminishes the affected individual’s ability to walk, think, talk and reason.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px; line-height: 115%;">Huntington's Disease usually progresses over a 10-25 year period. Death

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 * <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%;">HDSA, UMNDJ University media type="custom" key="9657298" **
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