Huntington's Disease Study

In order to match sex and age, the medical record of 7 female patients of Huntington's disease and 4 male patients was compared with the medical records of 13 control subjects (5 males). Psychiatric medicine was administered during hospitalization. All patients were in the hospital (Riverview Hospital, Vancouver, BC, Canada) from the first hospitalization until record evaluation. Analyze the weight record during the time spent at the hospital.

Huntington's disease is a hereditary lethal neurodegenerative disease that makes people prosper. Victims of Huntington inherit flawed genes from parents of Huntington's Disease. The disease gradually erodes the physical and mental health of the body until they can no longer walk, talk or eat. The first attack may be overlooked - to drop something here and there, to shrug your shoulders indefinitely, to hit your feet, or to concentrate on ambiguity of duty. He / she can not speak, even swallow uncontrollable motion blur when it deals serious damage to the victim. If this is not so serious, the victims of Huntington face the possibility that 50% of children will get sick. It is called the most serious illness known to man.

Huntington's disease Huntington's disease is a brain disease caused by degeneration of neurons in the brain. According to Dale, Vincent and Hart (2010), degeneration of neurons in the brain causes uncontrolled movement of the body part, loss of thinking ability, and emotional imbalance. In most cases, Huntington's disease usually causes serious mental problems if not properly treated. Huntington's disease can also cause chorea, a disease characterized by abnormal involuntary writhing. The physical symptoms of Huntington's disease usually begin when the patient reaches 35 years of age. These symptoms usually disappear and recurs in later life. Repeated symptoms will cause more serious complications such as cognitive decline, memory loss, bodily muscle maladjustment, blurred conversation, asphyxia after meals.

The symptoms of Huntington's disease usually occur between 30 and 50 years of age, but it may occur at an early age of 2 to 80 years. A prominent symptom of Huntington's disease is that the movement of the arm, leg, head, face, upper body can not be controlled. Huntington's disease can also lead to a decline in thinking and reasoning power including memory, attention, judgment, planning and organizational power. Scientists found defective genes that caused Huntington's disease in 1993. Diagnostic genetic testing is now available. This trial confirmed that the defective gene of Huntingtin is the cause of the symptoms of a patient suspected of Huntington's disease and confirmed the defects of people who are not at risk of developing symptoms but are at risk for parents of Huntington's disease Can be detected.