Its symptoms are described as having ALS, Parkinson’s & Alzheimer’s simultaneously.
Symptoms usually appear between the ages 30 to 50 and worsen over a 10 to 25 year period.
Ultimately, the weakened patient succumbs to pneumonia, heart failure, or other complications. Over time, HD affects the individual’s ability to reason, walk, & speak.
Every person who has the HD gene will eventually develop it when it gets ‘activated’.
Although symptoms vary, even within the same family, its progression can be divided into three stages.
Symptoms usually appear between the ages 30 to 50 and worsen over a 10 to 25 year period.
Ultimately, the weakened patient succumbs to pneumonia, heart failure, or other complications. Over time, HD affects the individual’s ability to reason, walk, & speak.
Every person who has the HD gene will eventually develop it when it gets ‘activated’.
Although symptoms vary, even within the same family, its progression can be divided into three stages.