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= Huntinton's Disease = = **Description: ** = Huntington’s disease is an autoimmune condition affecting the nervous system that causes involuntary twitching movements. The twitching movements are in the neck, arms, and face. Walking is also difficult for the person that has this disease.

**Inheritance: ** The cause of Huntington’s disease is a defective gene, on the forth chromosome. The gene is dominate, so if a parent has the gene there is a 50/50 chance of their children to also have Huntington’s disease.

**Symptoms: ** Symptoms of Huntington’s disease don’t appear until middle age, about 40’s. The first sign of Huntington’s disease is in the family history. You may be clumsiness of movement, say, or mild absent mindedness, or increased moodiness. With the emotion disorder the person may be suicidal or may be in depression.

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**Diagnosis: ** Huntington’s disease is easy to diagnosis. You can identify this disease though a DNA analysis. You can also be diagnosed long before any symptoms appear. The abnormal gene can be found in the cells of all affected individuals.

**Treatment: ** There is no cure for Huntington’s disease. There are many medications that are used to control emotional and movement problems associated with Huntington’s disease. The August 2008, the United States Food and Drug Administration approved Tetraberazine, which is used to treat Huntington’s chorea. This is the first drug approved by the United States for Huntington’s disease. Most of the drugs used to treat Huntington’s disease, have symptoms. Some of the symptoms are fatigue, restlessness, or hyper excitability. People who have Huntington’s disease have to keep active. People who keep active tend to do better than others that don not.

**Research: ** So far there is no prevention for Huntington’s disease. Someone has to be with the person 24/7 because they can’t get done by their selves. They can not feed them selves do to their brain being damaged from the disease.

**Additional Facts: ** The only way to not pass Huntington’s disease to your children is to adopt. They recommend genetic counseling for couples with a family history of Huntington’s disease, who are considering on having children.

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