Genetic Disease- Huntington’s Disease Padlet by Shianna Gunter https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo en-us 2017-03-31 12:40:00 UTC 2025-12-23 19:14:06 UTC hello@padlet.com What is Huntington's Disease? shianna_gunter013 https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/163950486 Is a neurological condition that is inherited and causes the brain's nerve cells to  break down over time. This disease is very rare and less than 200,000 people are to have Huntington's Disease in America every year. ]]> 2017-03-31 12:47:27 UTC https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/163950486 How is Huntington's Disease inherited? shianna_gunter013 https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/163954177 It is an Autosomal Dominant Disorder, which means that mean 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). ]]> 2017-03-31 13:01:19 UTC https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/163954177 Sources shianna_gunter013 https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/163956928 http://www.mayoclinic.org
http://www.ygyh.org
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You may feel other different mental symptoms, like a change in behavior. You could begin to feel compulsive, or start to fidget, and irritability. You may become depressed, paranoid, or start to hallucinate.

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Some more symptoms cause you to walk abnormally and experience increased muscle activity. Or also, problems with coordination, loss of muscle, or muscle spasms.

]]> 2017-04-03 12:51:09 UTC https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/164311513 Treatments shianna_gunter013 https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/165121933 Treatments depend on what stage the disease is. There is also no permanent cure, but medications, physical therapy, speech therapy can help control some of the symptoms. ]]> 2017-04-06 12:58:05 UTC https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/165121933 Research that is being done. shianna_gunter013 https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/165759860 There is being countless of research on Huntington's Disease. This includes new drugs that help control the symptoms, in hopes of getting closer to a cure, and just overall a better understanding of this disease. ]]> 2017-04-10 19:12:01 UTC https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/165759860 shianna_gunter013 https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/165760555 2017-04-10 19:15:31 UTC https://padlet.com/shianna_gunter013/ze1llz5hhioo/wish/165760555