Facts about Huntington Disease
- Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that affects the brain. HD causes slow, progressive degeneration of nerve cells in certain areas of the brain.
- Is when the brain deteriorates and eventually Leads to death.
- Huntingtons disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes uncontrollable movements, emotional, problems in the brain.
- Adult-onset Huntington disease, the most common form of this disorder, usually appears in a person's thirties or forties.
- Early signs and symptoms can include irritability, depression, small involuntary movements, poor coordination, and trouble learning new information or making decisions.
- Many people with Huntington disease develop involuntary jerking or twitching movements known as chorea.
- Many people with Huntington disease develop involuntary jerking or twitching movements known as chorea.
- As the disease progresses, these movements become more pronounced. Affected individuals may have trouble walking, speaking, and swallowing.
- An affected person usually inherits the altered gene from one affected parent. In rare cases, an individual with Huntington disease does not have a parent with the disorder.
- Huntington disease affects an estimated 3 to 7 per 100,000 people of European ancestry.
- The disorder appears to be less common in some other populations, including people of Japanese, Chinese, and African descent.
- Huntington's disease is only inherited by ancestors that have had the disease. Meaning grandparents and great grand parents.
- Huntington's disease is a movement disorder.
- Huntington's disease is a disorder passed down through families in which nerve cells in certain parts of the brain waste away, or degenerate.
- Huntington's disease is a effect that appears on chromosome 4.
- Huntington's disease is a autosomal dominant mutation
- Many people with Huntington disease develop involuntary jerking or twitching movements known as chorea.
- Huntingtons disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes uncontrollable movements, emotional, problems in the brain.