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What problems do Huntington disease create?
Problems with movement, loss of control over involuntary movement, problems with swallowing, falls, changes in personality, memory, reasoning. Please see the website for the Huntington's Disease Society for more information.
What is the disease that involves changes in the nerves and chemicals of the brain leading to memory loss personality changes and complete dependency?
Alzheimer's disease is a neurodegenerative disorder that causes changes in the brain's nerve cells and chemicals, leading to symptoms like memory loss, personality changes, and eventual complete dependency on others for care.
What is a defect of huntington's disease?
Huntington's affects the central nervous system (the brain). It causes difficulty of coordination, which affects movement, speech, swallowing. It also causes changes in personality, affecting memory, depression, and dementia. See link below.
What is a hereditary disorder that is caused by degenerative changes in the cerebrum?
Huntington's Disease
What is a hereditary disorder caused by degenerative changes in the cerebrum?
Huntington disease
Why do they call it Huntington's Chorea?
Huntington disease is also called Huntington chorea, from the Greek word for "dance," referring to the involuntary movements that develop as the disease progresses. It is occasionally referred to as "Woody Guthrie disease" for the American folk singer who died from it. Huntington disease (HD) causes progressive loss of cells in areas of the brain responsible for some aspects of movement control and mental abilities. A person with HD gradually develops abnormal movements and changes in cognition (thinking), behavior and personality.
How does Huntington's disease affect a person?
HD is a genetically transmitted disease. The body is unable to process an amino acid, which results in changes occurring over time in the structure of the brain. This results in interferrence with muscle control, and may cause changes in personality, memory, cognition- commonly called dementia. Ultimately the disesase is fatal. For more information, please visit the website of the Huntington's Disease Society of America.
What are symptoms of huntington's disease?
Symptoms of Huntington's disease which is a trinucleotide repeat disorder include movement symptoms. These can be seen through clumsiness, clenching of the jaw, loss of coordination, slurred speech and uncontrolled muscle contractions. Then, there are also mental symptoms such as deterioration of judgment and memory which can lead to dementia. Lastly symptoms can include irritability, behavioral changes, and depression.
What are true statements about Huntington's Disease?
In the United States, about 1 in every 30,000 people has Huntington's Disease.
What is a human genetic disorder caused by a dominant gene is?
One example is Huntington's Disease. Carried on a dominant gene, it causes deterioration of the central nervous system, affecting movement, swallowing, personality, etc.
What is a similar disease to Huntington's disease?
Huntington's Chorea
What are bad examples for sex linked traits?
Height, eye color, many behavioral traits and many single gene deleterious mutations that lead to disease, such as Huntington's disease.
