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It has a phenotype that is characterized by many things including behavioral difficulties, dystonia, incoordination, chorea, and cognitive declines.

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The phenotypes can result in many allelic genes that were unlinked and unknown.

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Some phenotype characteristics are..

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Jerking or movements that can’t be controlled

Muscle problems

Abnormal eye movement

Difficulty with speech

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It's an inherited disease that can affect things like your nervous system. It can slow progress with the conditions that affect movements in your body.

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It can also start the loss of tissues and cells in the brain which can lose motor cells and even behavioral things.

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It is caused by a gene that is singley defective on a chromosome 4 that is out of all the 23 chromosomes that has a person's genetic code.

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It is defective and dominant, so if you inherit it from your parent who has Huntington’s Disease will develop the disease over time.

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The mutation that causes Huntington’s involves a CAG trinucleotide repeat which is a certain DNA segment.

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The DNA segment is made from 3 DNA blocks. The 3 blocks are cystonine, adenine, and guanine.

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The segment can repeat from 10 to 35 times within this specific gene.

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Huntington’s can affect from 3-7 people per 100,000 people. It appears less in certain populations like Chinese, Japan, and African descent.

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The disease is found most frequently in Europe, as well as Australia, United States, and other countries that are of European origin.

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Woody Guthrie is an American singer and songwriter who had Huntington’s disease.

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He had behavioral issues in the late 1940s. In 1952, he was diagnosed with Huntington’s disease that he inherited from his mom.

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On October 3rd, 1967, Woody Gthrie died at only 55 years old from difficulties with Huntington’s.

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There is no exact medical treatment to cure Huntington’s disease

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There are some treatments to calm and reduce some of the symptoms.

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Some of these include antidepressants, tetrabenazine, tranquilizers, and antipsychotic drugs.