Huntington's+Disease-Connor+M.

Huntington’s Disease **Description: **It destroys the cell in the basal ganglia, which is the part of the brain that controls movement, emotion, and cognitive ability.

**Inheritance: ** It’s inherited in an autosomal/dominant pattern.

**Punnett Square: **

**Symptoms: **1. Poor Memory  2. Depression/Mood Swings  3. Lack of Coordination  4. Twitching/Uncontrollable Movements  5. Difficulty Walking/Speaking/Swallowing

**Diagnosis: **If the baby is unborn, doctors can take a sample of fluid from around the fetus. This is called an amniocentesis They can also take a sample of fetus cells from the placenta. If the baby is born, doctors can try to identify the disease with various neurological and psychological tests. A genetic test will then confirm if the subject has Huntington’s.

**<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Treatment: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Treatment does not slow the progression of the disease, but helps the patient deal with the symptoms more easily. <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Medications: They ease feelings of depression and anxiety, others stop the uncontrolled <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif'; font-size: 13px;">movements. <span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; line-height: 14.25pt; margin-bottom: 0pt;">Therapy: Physical or speech therapy helps people living with Huntington’s lead their lives more normally.

Death occurs from complications such as choking, infection or heart failure. Each child of a person living with Huntington's Disease has a 50% chance of getting the Huntington's Disease causing gene.In the U.S, 1 in every 30,000 people are living with Huntington’s.More than a quarter of a million Americans have Huntington's Disease or have a chance of of inheriting the disease from an affected parent. Everyone who carries the Huntington's Disease causing gene will develop Huntington's Disease at some point in their lifetime, unless they die of other causes prior to developing signs and symptoms. There is no cure for Huntington's Disease.
 * <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">Interesting Facts: **<span style="color: black; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13px;"> The disease was named after Dr. George Huntington who first described the <span style="color: black; font-family: Times,serif; font-size: 16px;">disease in 1872. <span style="font-family: Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 18px;">Huntington's Disease will most likely progress over a 10-25 year period. Children who develop the juvenile form of the disease usually do not live to adulthood


 * <span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Support Groups: **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Times','serif'; font-size: 16px;">The Huntington’s Disease Society of America.

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