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What is Huntington’s disease? Symptoms & treatment

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Huntington's disease happens due to a genetic disorder, and it affects the nervous brain cells. The affected people have a mental disorder, poor thinking ability and lots of physical problems like they are not able to speak and walk properly. It has two forms one is Adult-Onset Huntington's disease that is visible at the age of 30-40 years. The other one is a juvenile form that makes symptoms at the childhood stage or adolescent stage. Adult-Onset Huntington's disease contains symptoms like depression, poor ability in any decision making, involuntary movements, weak coordination etc. This spontaneous movement called chorea . Along the time, this disease becomes more variant. The suffering person can also feel a change in their personality. After the detection of this disease, the suffering person can live only for 15 to 20 years. Huntington's disease mostly occurs in adulthood stage, but it also has an impact on the adolescent stage. Unlike the pr...