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**H U NT I N G T O N **


 * What is Huntington disease? **
 * **Huntington disease is a brain disorder **
 * **The gene was found in 1993**


 * Other names for Huntington Disease includes: **
 * **Huntington chorea **
 * **Huntington Chronic Progressive Hereditary Chorea **
 * **Progressive Chorea, Chronic Hereditary **


 * <span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Symptoms **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Depression or stress **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Memory loss **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Uncontrollable movements **


 * <span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Cause of Symptoms **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">it is an autosomal dominant pattern **
 * <span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">**It can get too many as well as too few chromosomes**
 * <span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">**abnormal posture**
 * <span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">[|http://www.ygyh.org/hd/cause.ht]


 * <span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Treatment **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">No specific medicine **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">there is a drug that can cure movement **


 * <span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">How common is Huntington disease? **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Estimated to about 3 to 7 per 100,000 people of European ancestry **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">15,000 Americans have Huntington's disease. **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">At least 150,000 others have a 50/50 risk of having the disease **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">you can recieve this in your late 50's **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">you must have the gene to get it **


 * <span style="color: #ff004d; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Genetic Test **
 * **<span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Confirmatory testing determines if people showing possible symptoms tells if they have the disease. **
 * <span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">**Presymptomatic identifies if a person is carrying the gene before symptoms appear**
 * **<span style="color: #ff0083; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Prenatal testing determines if a fetus is at risk for the disease. **




 * [[image:http://assets.treesd.com/images/healthtree/articles/HuntingtonsPedigree.gif width="247" height="215" align="left"]]
 * <span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">Interesting stories **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">http://www.ygyh.org/hd/have02.htm **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">http://www.ygyh.org/hd/have03.htm **
 * **<span style="color: #a800ff; font-family: 'Palatino Linotype','Book Antiqua',Palatino,serif; font-size: 140%;">http://www.ygyh.org/hd/have04.htm **




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 * **<span style="color: #2a932a; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive; font-size: 120%;">http://www.healthtree.com/articles/huntingtons-disease/causes/ **
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