Huntington's disease

Huntington disease (HD) or HD chorea is progressive neurodegenerative autosomal dominant disease that is defined by the motor, behavioral, and cognitive symptoms that influence “about one in ten thousand people in the western hemispheres” (Novak et al. 234). HD chorea is often identified by the movement difficulties that it causes, and “In fact, when HD was first discovered it was called Huntington’s chorea, as a reference to the uncontrollable, dance-like movement that is common among people…

In the 1980’s, Nancy Wexler contributed to advances in medicine by discovering a genetic marker that could indicate inherited disorders linked to chromosomes, such as Down’s Syndrome, Huntington’s Disease, and Tay-Sachs Disease (Vaughn, 2013, p. 566). Since then, prenatal genetic screenings have become widely accessible through simple, low-risk procedures such as carrier testing, blood tests, and ultrasounds. These procedures are only capable of reporting the risk for inheriting abnormalities…

testing can increase both the chance of a genetically normal pregnancy and the chance of having a healthy baby. PGD is a procedure where embryos created through IVF are screened prior to implantation to help identify genetic defects to prevent certain diseases or disorders from being…

The greatest risk factor for cystic fibrosis is a family history of the disease. The gene that causes cystic fibrosis is recessive and therefore the parent could be carrying one affected gene but not have the disease. However if both parents carry a defective cystic fibrosis gene, each pregnancy has a 25 percent chance of producing a child with cystic fibrosis. If someone has a family history…

Whenever a woman and a man create a child, there is always a risk of some form of genetic disorder caused by one parent being a carrier. However, with advances in technology made in the past decade, there is a way to ensure that a child does not have a disease that his or her parent carries. Even though this process is intended for good use, there are ethical misuses, just as there are with other medical procedures (Dresser 1). Although “designer babies” may not exist yet, parents are now using…

head. This could cause internal bleeding in the brain which would lead to the development of Vascular dementia. As seen to the right in figure 1, which depicts a normal brain and then a brain with Vascular disease. There is a clear difference between them because the one with Vascular disease (bottom) has holes in it. The holes in the brain are what cause memory loss. People who suffer from this condition often are bad at decision making, planning, and organizing things in their lives (“Types of…

go wrong with his or her health. Diseases not only affect our health but also our every aspect of our daily life. Alzheimer’s is a common form of dementia that leads to memory loss that affects our intellectual abilities. Huntington’s disease on the other hand is a brain disorder caused by a defective gene in our chromosome. If I had a choice between the two diseases I would choose Alzheimer’s and here is my rationale for choosing this disease. Huntington’s disease is an inherited progressive…

them both, well this is the life of Eli Samuels. Eli’s mom went crazy because of Huntington’s disease and he and his dad drifted after she moved into the nursing home. Now Eli is at risk of getting Huntington’s disease and becoming insane. So in order for him to protect the people he loved, he left them. Throughout Nancy Werlin’s Double Helix Eli Samuels and his father never got along because of Eli’s mom’s disease; this all changed when Jonathan Samuels told Eli what the devious Dr. Wyatt had…

Treatment As of right now, there are no treatments that can change the outcome of this disease (Mayo Clinic, 2014). In the early and middle stages of the disease, medications can be given in small doses to help control the involuntary movements and to help control the depression and other psychiatric disorders that may come along with the disease (Johns Hopkins). In addition to drug therapies, there is psychotherapy, speech therapy, physical therapy and occupational therapy. Psychotherapy is…

Dystrophy In this world, there are many diseases that are being caused by the X chromosomes or the Y chromosomes. Some of the diseases could be passed down from generation onto the next because it is gene and some of the diseases can be treated and which later on causes for it to make it worse. The diseases that would always be there would be Down Syndrome, Huntington’s Disease, Hemophobia, and many more. As you can see, this paper is going to be able a genetic disease that is being passed on…