Huntington's Disease

  

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Huntington's Disease 

What is it? It is an inherited disease that causes the gradual deterioration or degeneration of the nerve cells in the brain. 

What are the symptoms? 

- Involuntary movements and changes in voluntary movements

- Involuntary jittering 

- Slow or abnormal eye movements 

- Difficulty speaking or swallowing 

What is the cause of the disease?

Huntington's disease is an autosomal dominant disorder, which requires only one copy of the defective gene to produce the disorder.

Reflection

I picked this topic because I didn't know much about the disease but I wanted to learn more. In class we usually went over recessive sex-linked disorders so this was different. It was interesting to see what happens to someone affected with Huntington's Disease. I learned about this disease briefly in health science too but I didn't remember much.