Huntington's disease

description of the disorder Huntington’s disease is a genetic disorder that affects muscle coordination and leads to mental decline and behavioral symptoms. It breaks down nerve cells in the brain called neurons. Neurons are specially designed to transmit information. When neurons break down, the body can’t control all of its movements. The brain controls the entire body and when the nerves in the brain break down, it causes your body to glitch. This is why a person with this disease experiences…

The articles “Huntington’s Disease”, from NYTimes.com, “The DNA Age”, by Amy Harmon, and “Fearing Punishment for Bad Genes”, by Kira Peikoff, define the characteristics and symptoms of Huntington’s disease, and also demonstrate the positive and negative results for receiving genetic testing. The article “The DNA Age” focuses more on Pathos, or the emotional side of the argument, and therefore was more interesting and heart-wrenching than the other two. “Huntington’s Disease” and “Fearing…

Alcohol Matthew J Rela Kean University HED 4333 Abstract This paper explores Huntington’s disease (HD) which is described as a genetic condition where a mutation occurs on the Huntington gene. This mutation has a specific pathophysiology that leads to the clinical manifestations of the disease. Due to the non-curable nature, the patient management is simply palliative care. Diagnostic and predictive testing can be performed; however, the results are merely to know if the mutation is…

According to the Mayo Clinic, Huntington's disease can be defined as, “is an inherited disease that causes the progressive breakdown (degeneration) of nerve cells in the brain” (Huntington's disease, 2017). Huntington's disease is often times referred to as HD. The symptoms of Huntington's disease can impact someone on different levels including: cognitive, muscular, behavioral, psychological, and mood. This is not a disease that one obtains from somebody coughing on one. It is an autosomal…

Huntington's disease was first ever discussed in a letter by Charles Oscar Waters in 1842. It was then described by Charles Gorman in 1846. Symptoms of the disease were described by Johan Christian in 1860. In 1872 George Huntington gave the first complete description of the disease based on his research and so the disease was named after him. In 1993 the huntingtin gene was located. Today in the USA there are approximately 30,000 people with Huntington's disease or approximately one in every 30…

Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s Disease is a disease that takes place in the brain due to the loss of brain cells, It is uncommon amongst most populations but might even affect you. Huntington’s disease is a genetic defect in the process of making proteins. It is an unusual Mutation that causes the loss of Neurons which are brain cells. It was discovered by an American doctor in the 1872. The disease is described in many names including “Huntington’s Chorea”. It is inherited from parents. It…

Definition: Huntington’s disease is a brain disorder which affects human’s health and causes movements disorders, emotional problems and other symptoms (1). It is also known as an autosomal dominant disease, which means that disorder can be passed down through families and their children. So, if the parent has Huntington's disease, their children will have a chance of having the disease (2). However, people can have this disease at any time in their life even if they were healthy and had no…

treatable diseases, to incurable, and life altering disorders. Most genetic disorders are caused by genes which have mutated, and are then inherited through reproduction. Some, such as Huntington's disease only have to be passed on through one parent's genes. Offspring will then have a fifty percent chance of getting the disease (MayoClinic, 2014). Huntington's has many components which make it very difficult to live with for people who do get it. The initial signs and symptoms of Huntington's…

Huntington’s disease is a genetic disease that effects the brain. It has been known to cause involuntary movements. Huntington’s is a fairly uncommon disease; even though it is a dominant trait. Huntington’s disease affects three out of every seven people worldwide. The disease is one of the many genetic diseases that does not have a cure. People who live with Huntington’s disease lose some of the abilities that other people have, such as driving, swallowing, and writing. Huntington’s disease…

Huntington’s disease (HD) is a late-onset, usually between 35 and 50 years old, neurodegenerative disorder prevalent in 3-7 per 100,000 people of European ancestry1. The disease, inherited in an autosomal dominant pattern2, is characterized by motor disturbance, intellectual decline, and psychiatric manifestations3. The disease is difficult to detect at an early stage of an individual’s life since its symptoms appear in the third to fifth decade of life. To better understand the disease,…