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Huntingdon’s disease **Description ****: ** Huntingdon’s disease is a neurodegenerative genetic disorder that interrupts the muscle coordination and later leads into dementia. You notice this disorder during the middle of the child’s life. If a parent has this disease the child is 50% at risk of inheriting this. If both parents have this disease, the child is at risk of 75%. This disorder was named after the American physician who initially described the condition in 1872. **Inheritance: ** Huntingdon’s disease has autosomal dominant inheritance; this means that a parent who has Huntingdon’s disease gets pregnant or has a baby, that child inherits that copy of the gene. A parent with a mutation in the HD gene has 50% chance on passing the disease to their children. **Punnett square: **



Huntingdon’s disease affects the part of the brain that controls your thinking, emotion, and movement. Other symptoms are poor memory, mood swings, and lack of coordination, twitching, and difficulty walking or talking. **Treatments: ** The treatment doesn’t prevent the disease from getting worse, but it makes patients more comfortable. The medication calms down the feelings of depression and anxiety. **Interesting fact: ** media type="custom" key="9656672" align="center"
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**Support groups: ** Hereditary disease foundation and Huntingdon’s disease society of America. **Picture: **