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.
The symptoms of Huntingtons Disease are, mental deterioration and uncontrollable movements; symptoms usually appear in middle ages.
Monosomy
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There are dozens of diseases caused by a genetic defect. They are known as genetic diseases. Sickle Cell anemia, Hemophilia, Tay-Sachs, Huntingtons Disease- and many others are genetic diseases.
Huntington's disease is the result of a genetic defect on chromosome 4. This defect causes an excessive repetition of a section of the DNA on this chromosome. A unique characteristic of this disease is that as this gene gets passed down from generation to generation, the number of repeats of this DNA section increases. The more repeats that occur, the greater the chances of the carrier to develop symptoms of the disease at a younger age.
One in ten thousand have Huntington's disease.
Its Passed On From Your Parents Its Inherited
medication and anti deprassants
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Huntingtons disease is inherited from your parents