What is Huntington’s disease? Symptoms & treatment
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 previous form, this rare juvenile form of this disease also
has some similar symptoms like abnormal physical movements, poor thinking
ability, emotional changes etc. with some additional symptoms like slurred
speech, rigidity, frequent falling and drolling. The person suffering can
survive for 10 to 15 years after detection of this disease.
Symptoms
Symptoms of
Huntington's disease are visible usually at the age of 30-40 years. However, in
certain cases, symptoms can be visible so early like at the age of 2 years, and
it also can be visible at the age of 8 years. Here some important and
noticeable symptoms that must be taken seriously.
● Abnormal movement of the upper body, legs,
head, face, arms.
● Degradation of thinking ability, memory,
concentration, reasoning skill.
● Poor judgmental ability, ability to plan and
organize.
● Effective change in someone's personality.
● Irritation, fluctuating mood, depression,
extreme anger, compulsive nature.
● Adaptation of abnormal behaviour like doing
same activity or repetition of the same question again and again.
Treatment
There is no such
treatment to cure it completely. Researches are going on over it, all over the
world. Experts have been able to find some strategies and medicines for the
most three pronounced and vibrant symptoms of Huntington's disease.
● Chorea
As mentioned earlier,
abnormal movement of legs, arms, upper body is called chorea. Some doctors
suggest the antipsychotic drug is the solution at the initial stage. Olanzapine
is appropriate for it. Others doctors recommend tetrabenazine, a different type
of drug that recently approved by the FDA ( U.S food and drug administration).
● Irritability
There are two types
of irritation that occurs during the suffering period of this disease. One is
severe, and threatening irritation and another one is non-threatening and less
severe irritation. Atypical antipsychotic medicine is also applicable for severe
irritation as per the doctor recommendation. In the case of non-threatening and
less severe irritation, the doctor usually suggests a serotonin re uptake
inhibitor that is an antidepressant.
● Compulsive
behaviour
Doctors also advise a
serotonin re uptake inhibitor to control the obsessive and compulsive actions of
the suffering person.
From the upper
content, it is clear that Huntington's disease happens due to genetic causes,
and it can't be cured completely. Scientists are still in research for the complete
cure and treatment of its symptoms. India has also set up this mission as it
has the best neuro hospital in bangalore.
Its neurology department has already done a great job over-diagnosis of neuron
cells of a human's brain. The detected people are rushing to Bangalore to get
the treatment from the best neurologist in bangalore. The way treatment for this disease is improving gradually,
that surely will bring some hope to everyone to diminish it completely.
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