Do you have Huntington’s Disease or know someone that does or just want to learn more about Huntington’s Disease (HD)? Well if you do then this is the perfect research paper to read! HD is an inherited genetic disorder that causes nerve cells in your brain to get destroyed. George Summer Huntington discovered HD in 1850-1916. Huntington’s Disease is also sometimes called Huntington's chorea, Huntington chronic progressive hereditary chorea, Huntington's chorea, Huntington's disease. HD is a very serious disease because you could even die from it. In the next paragraphs I will tell you about the causes of the disorder, the symptoms of HD, the treatments, cures, and preventions for HD, and a day in the life of someone who has it.
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Symptoms usually appear between the ages of 30 to 50, and worsen over a 10 to 25 year period. People who have Huntington's disease usually have mood swings and changes, they often will get depressed, have anxiety, and irritable moods. People with Cognitive Disorders from HD have difficulties focusing and concentrating learning new things and can have outbursts out of nowhere. HD can cause clumsiness, loss of short term memory, weight loss, and other symptoms. People with HD may eventually need full nursing care. Early symptoms of HD are emotional changes and personality changes are usually the first signs of HD, people with HD may seem more frustrated. Later symptoms of HD is severe movement disorders, it can be hard to get around physically and do easy physical tasks, even speaking. Now that I have covered the symptoms, let’s talk about the cures for …show more content…
But there is medicine to help lessen involuntary movement and physical disorders. There is also therapy for HD, like psychotherapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. All this therapy for HD helps with either strength, flexibility, balance and coordination or eating/swallowing/speaking or behavioral or mental things. There are also medicines such as Antidepressants, Antipsychotic drugs, Tetrabenazine, and Mood-stabilizing drugs like Depacon. These medicines can help lessen outbursts, mood-swings, fidgeting, involuntary movement, and other movement and behavior disorders caused by HD. There are many medicines and therapy that will help people with HD with daily struggles. Aren’t you curious what daily life would be like for people with HD? Well next I will talk about someone’s experience who had
Causes of …show more content…
Symptoms usually appear between the ages of 30 to 50, and worsen over a 10 to 25 year period. People who have Huntington's disease usually have mood swings and changes, they often will get depressed, have anxiety, and irritable moods. People with Cognitive Disorders from HD have difficulties focusing and concentrating learning new things and can have outbursts out of nowhere. HD can cause clumsiness, loss of short term memory, weight loss, and other symptoms. People with HD may eventually need full nursing care. Early symptoms of HD are emotional changes and personality changes are usually the first signs of HD, people with HD may seem more frustrated. Later symptoms of HD is severe movement disorders, it can be hard to get around physically and do easy physical tasks, even speaking. Now that I have covered the symptoms, let’s talk about the cures for …show more content…
But there is medicine to help lessen involuntary movement and physical disorders. There is also therapy for HD, like psychotherapy, speech therapy, physical therapy, and occupational therapy. All this therapy for HD helps with either strength, flexibility, balance and coordination or eating/swallowing/speaking or behavioral or mental things. There are also medicines such as Antidepressants, Antipsychotic drugs, Tetrabenazine, and Mood-stabilizing drugs like Depacon. These medicines can help lessen outbursts, mood-swings, fidgeting, involuntary movement, and other movement and behavior disorders caused by HD. There are many medicines and therapy that will help people with HD with daily struggles. Aren’t you curious what daily life would be like for people with HD? Well next I will talk about someone’s experience who had