https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo Huntingtons disease en-us 2017-04-13 00:16:52 UTC 2017-04-19 17:46:15 UTC hello@padlet.com nathan_cline https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166181541 this disease is a genetic disorder  that progressively breaks down the brains nervous cells. Huntington's disease has a broad impact on a person's functional abilities and usually results in movement, thinking (cognitive) and psychiatric disorders. Most people don't start to deal with the disease until they are in their 30s or 40s. but the progression starts in their 20s. Only about 200,000 people get this disease every year in America.]]> 2017-04-13 00:18:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166181541 nathan_cline https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166181887 It is an Autosomal Dominant Disorder. This means that a parent has 50% chance of giving one of his children the disease with one mutated gene (dominant gene). And also has a 50% chance of having a child without the disease with two normal genes (or recessive genes). ]]> 2017-04-13 00:24:34 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166181887 nathan_cline https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166181943 The mother is hh and the father is Hh. This proves that they have a 50/50 chance of their child having the disorder]]> 2017-04-13 00:25:56 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166181943 nathan_cline https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166182405 2017-04-13 00:32:17 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166182405 nathan_cline https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166182526 There is no treatment to stop or reverse Huntington's disease, however there are some medications that can help keep symptoms under control. Treatment for HD includes the drug tetrabenazine, antipsychotic drugs, antidepressants, and tranquilizers. patients who exercise tend to do better than those who do not.]]> 2017-04-13 00:33:55 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166182526 nathan_cline https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166182646 http://www.hdsa.org]]> 2017-04-13 00:35:57 UTC https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166182646 nathan_cline https://padlet.com/nathan_cline/e874d0cy9ifo/wish/166182942

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http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/huntingtons-disease/basics/treatment/con-20030685
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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3899480/
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