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.
Answer this question Its live able
Huntingtons Disease
Once diagnosed (usually around age 30-50) the life expectancy is about 15 years
They are very different diseases. Their points in common are that they are both inherited diseases, and they make a major impact on your life.
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it is were it affects your repository system
it is were it affects your repository system
From what I can tell, the most prominent characteristic of life is its changeability and unpredictability. These factors affect just about everyone's life, no matter when or where they live or lived.
A very, VERY personal decision. A person that has a parent that has Huntingtons, and is now an adult, might decide to be tested for HD prior to having children, or to help plan what they want to do in life. At present, there is no cure and limited treatment for Huntingtons. Some people may not WANT to know that they have a disease that is ultimately fatal, and has no cure. My wife has HD, and we have 4 adult children. Three of them decided to be tested- one decided not to.
Yes, because it is a life-long disease.
yes