Huntington's Chorea
Yes. The involuntary movements of Huntington's were thought to resemble a kind of dance (chorea - like choreograph).
No.
Chorea
No but it is a very slow and unpainful processno sadly huntingtons disease(also known as huntingtons chorea) has no known cure.
A common name for chorea. As to the cause of chorea nothing definite is known. There are certain reasons for believing that in many cases it is a disease of the brain.
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.
Chorea gravidarum or chorea occurring in the first three months of pregnancy. It is most likely to affect women who had rheumatic fever or Sydenham's chorea in childhood.
Chorea is an old name for Huntington's Disease. It is genetically transmitted from parent to child. The only way to get HD is to inherit the gene that causes it from one of your parents that also had HD.
The prognosis of chorea depends on its cause. Huntington's chorea is incurable, leading to the patient's death 10-25 years after the first symptoms appear.
Get Lost - Huntingtons album - was created in 1999-01.
Chorea is a movement disorder that involves neurological changes which include twitching, problems with balance, and dementia. A person affected by chorea eventually dies from coma.