Huntington's disease

Introduction The scientific study of Huntington’s Disease (HD) had began in 1872, by George Huntington who is a family physician that had published a report on the clinical symptoms and peculiar mode of inheritance of the disorder.(1, 2) Huntington’s disease has 3 subtypes according to the age onset, which are infantile, juvenile and the adult-onset.(2) Individuals with Huntington’s disease can become asymptomatic between the ages of 1 and 80 years.(3) The typical mean age of onset is 40 years,…

Final Huntington’s Disease Research Paper Huntington’s disease also known as Huntington’s Chorea is passed from parent to offspring (hereditary) with a genetic mutation of the dominant HTT gene. Huntingtons disease was discovered and recognised as an inherited disease in 1872 by George Huntington, the discovery of the gene came later in 1993 when a group of scientist found it on the HTT gene. The disease causes degeneration of nerve cells in the basal ganglia in the brain and behavioral,…

Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease is a serious, dominant genetic disorder in which the nerve cells in a person’s brain degenerate over time. A wide range of symptoms can arise for individuals with this disease. Cognitive, physical, and psychiatric disorders appear over the course of the life of someone with Huntington’s. There is no cure for this disease, but medication can help manage the symptoms. In 1872, George Huntington wrote a paper titled On Chorea describing a disorder which…

aspects of diseases. These diseases can either be life changing or fatal. Any type of disorder has to be treated depending on symptoms and severity. Huntington’s disease is a disorder that should be treated effectively to live a longer and more stable life. Huntington’s can be carried by one person and hereditarily given to their offspring making this a genetic disease. Also, Huntington’s disease is metabolic disease because it is at loss for neurons in the striatum. Huntington’s disease is…

title Huntington’s disease, also referred to as HD or Huntington's Chorea, is an inherited trait in which the human nerve cells in the brain break down over time. In the United States, this rare, unwanted disease affects twenty thousand to two hundred thousand people every year. This illness, slowly but surely, will alter the overall person’s functional ability; including physical, social, and mental decline that stops a person from fully living a normal life. Huntington’s Chorea will start…

Statistics: Myers, R. H. (2004). Huntington’s Disease Genetics. NeuroRx, 1(2), 255–262 - This graph represents the onset age of Huntington’s disease. It ranges anywhere from 3 to 85. The average age of onset HD is between 30 and 55 years. Hogarth P. 2013. “Huntington Disease” . American Academy of Neurology. [Internet]. [2013 May 27, cited 2015 Oct 16] Neurology 2013;80;e241-e243. Available from: http://www.neurology.org/content/80/22/e241.full.pdf This graph represents the amount of…

Huntington’s disease (HD) is an inherited disease, that progresses in a 10 to 20 year time period, which causes loss in cognitive functions. This causes muscle spasms and then progresses to complete loss of mobility. It also affects things such as balance, muscle strength, sense of touch, hearing, eyesight, your mood, and even your ability to speak. The gene associate with HD is called by a variety of names such as IT15 and Htt. The genetic test for HD, like others, is tested on your blood and…

Huntington’s disease is a continuous brain disorder that is the source of involuntary motion, emotional and mental instability as well as cognition damage. It is an inherited disorder relatively common in adults aged thirty to forty. People of European decent typically have a higher chance of being born with the gene that causes HD, while those of Asian and African background have a lower probability. For HD to be developed only one copy of the mutated huntingtin (HTT) gene must be inherited.…

Huntington’s Disease Huntington’s disease is a fatal genetic disease disorder that makes progressive breakdown of nerve cells in the brain. It literally deteriorates a person's physical and mental abilities, it has no cure. Huntington's disease is known as the quintessential family disease. People affected by this disease can have trouble walking and speaking. Huntington’s Disease was first discovered as an inherited disease in 1872. Huntington’s disease is a dominant gene. Since it is a…

OVERVIEW: Huntington's disease (HD) is an inherited disorder that causes degeneration of brain cells, called neurons, in motor control regions of the brain, as well as other areas (NINDS, 2016). Huntington’s disease is caused by a mutation in the gene for a protein called huntingtin. The defect causes the cytosine, adenine, and guanine (CAG) building blocks of DNA to repeat many more times than is normal (NINDS, 2016). Huntington’s disease is a progressive brain disorder that causes…