The Huntington Disease
The Brain is a mystery and scientist are still researching about the brain. The brain has it's wonders and it's setdown. There are many diseases that affect the brain.
Story of someone with the huntington disease. Alexia mother
The Huntington disease is a genetic disorder in which the nerve cells in the brain degenerate. The illness occur in many countries. Since the disease is genetic, it is pass down through families and there is 50% chance the children will inherit the HD gene. If one of the parent is a carrier of the gene, there is 50% chance the offspring will get the gene, but if both parents are carriers of the gene, the children will develop the disease at some point in their life. The Huntington disease does not skip a generation. The Huntington disease is cause by a genetic defect on chromosome 4 in the DNA.
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Progression of Huntington's Diesase. A microscope ...The Cytosine, Adynine, Guanine, repeat many times that it's supposed to. In normal human being, The CAG repeats 10-28 times in a normal gene, but a person who is affected with the Huntington, their CAG is repeated 36-120 times. Even though the cell in the body has the gene, only the brain cells seem to be affected.
Person with the Huntington disease usually develop their symptoms in their mid 30's to late 40's. The illness takes effect gradually, by a change in usual behaviour, for example, depression, moodiness, weight loss, change in behaviour, anxiety, and outburst of character. They become anti-social, and higly suspicious of people. The symptoms are slow and they go unnoticed.. There is a high sucide rate with people with the HD disease. They commit sucide because of the depression and because the disease is too emotionally painful and there's no hope for recouvery. There is...