SYMPTOMS

• Usually develop at the ages of 30 to 50
• Uncontrollable movement of arms, legs, head, face, and upper body
• Decline in reasoning and thinking skills
• Decline in memory, concentration,, judgement and ability
• OCD

TREATMENT

• There is no known cure
• Dopamine blockers help reduce behaviors and movements
• Amantadine and tetrabenazine control extra movements
• There is also no known way to slow its progression

DISCOVERY

• Discovered by Jonah Christian in 1860
• First thorough description of it was by George Huntingtin
• He found that it was genetically passed down

OTHER

• Those who had it before it's naming
• We're believed it be witches
• And possessed by demons

LIFE EXPECTANCY

• There is no way to tell how long someone will live with huntingtons
• Patients can live anywhere from 10 to 30 years depending on the severity of symptoms

HOW IT WORKS

• It is a neurodegenerative genetic, single gene disorder
• Passed down from parent to child
• Nerve cells degenerate
• Affects muscle coordination
• Mutation of gene in chromosome 4

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WHAT IT AFFECTS

• It affects your nerve cells
• Muscle coordination
• Brain cells become toxic to other cells

WHO IT EFFECTS

• It affects parents who have it
• Children of those who may have it
• If a parent has Huntingtons there is a 50% chance of the child having it

DIAGNOSIS

• A neurological exam
• Neurologists, genetic counselors
• Social workers, psychiatrists
• and psychologists exam someone who
• Are approved for the exam