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Does Huntington's disease affect a specific population of people?
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∙ 13y ago
Since it is a genetic disease, it only affects people who have at least one parent that had Huntington's. Those people can be any race or sex. It is more common among people with an ancestor from England, since that is where the disease began.
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∙ 10y ago
Wiki User
∙ 10y agoSince it is an inherited disease, most people with HD had families from England- where it originated. There is a population in South America with HD, but that group can be traced back to an English ancestor.
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∙ 13y agono, it is simply genetic.
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What characteristic of life does Huntingtons Disease affect?
Movement. It causes uncontrollable movements known as chorea. It is the highlight of this disease althought it also causes speech problems, sleep disturbances, difficulty chewing and swallowing leading to weight loss and malnutrition, and seizures.
Does kidney disease affect specific populations?
It depends on where you live and how thing is
Is Huntingtons Disease a recessive gene?
Unfortunately, HD is carried on a dominant gene. If one parent has the gene for HD, and the other does not, the offspring has a 50/50 chance of developing HD. However, if you do NOT inherit the gene for HD, you cannot be a "carrier" of HD. The Huntingtons Disease Society of America has more information at their website. You may also contact me through my message board if you need additional information.
What major disease affect the population because they kill large numbers of people?
Some major diseases that affect the population by causing large numbers of deaths include cardiovascular diseases (like heart attacks and strokes), cancer, respiratory diseases (such as COPD and pneumonia), and infectious diseases like HIV/AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria. These diseases have significant impacts on global public health and require ongoing efforts for prevention and treatment.
What is this true or false A disease that wiped out the rabbit population in and environment would affect the coyote population in the same environment?
yes
How could a disease that wiped out rabbit population affect coyotes?
It would remove a coyote's main food source, and the coyote population would be reduced.
How does the disease affect the tissue?
our tissue is affect the disease
Imagine a disease that killed 50 percent of the male roachs in population Do you think this will affect birth rate?
yes
What is a density dependent factor?
The density dependent factor refers to the factors that affect the size or growth of a given population density. The factors also affect the mortality rate and the Birth Rate of a population. Some of the density dependent factors are disease, parasitism, availability of food and migration.
What is the incidence of gastrointestinal disease?
Gastrointestinal diseases (including gastric ulcers) affect an estimated 25-30% of the world's population.
Does this affect specific population of people more so than other population?
It is seen in 1-2 out of 1,000. Obesity seems to be a risk factor.
How does Huntingtons disease affect physical features?
Huntington's disease is an incurable hereditary disease that affect the motor neruons in the brain, causing misfiring and eventually nerve and cell death. Its sufferers beginto get jerky, parkinsons like movement, which in late stages becomes detremental to physical health. Although Huntington's won't directly kill you, sufferers are killed by secondary infections such as pneumonia or get heart attacks as a result of hypertension. Huntington's also causes changes in personality, including depression and dementia. See the link below for information on HD.
