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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.

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