Huntingdon's+Disease-+Kathleen+Van+Houten

Huntingdon’s Disease **Description: ** It’s a brain disorder which makes people’s ability to talk, think and move affected.

**Inheritance: ** People can get this disease by inheriting it in an autosomal dominant pattern. Every one who inherits this disease will get it eventually. A parent with Huntingdon’s has a 50% chance of passing it to their children.

**Punnett Square: **  **﻿ ** **Symptoms: **The symptoms of Huntingdon’s disease are that the disease affects the brain that controls thinking, emotion and movement. Also poor memory, depression and or mood swings, uncontrolled movements and difficulty walking, speaking and or swallowing.

**Diagnosis: **During pregnancy a mom can tell if her baby has HD by taking some fluid from around the fetus. After the baby is born, the doctors can identify HD by doing different tests of neurological and psychological tests. After that a genetic test can prove if the baby inherited the disease.

**Treatment: **Its treated by medication to ease depression and anxiety. Also physical and speech therapy helps!

**Interesting Facts: ** Huntingdon disease was named by Dr. George Huntingdon, he described it in 1872. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">1 in every 30,000 people in the United States have HD <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: 115%;">media type="custom" key="9659204"

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