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Huntington's Disease

Huntington's disease is an inherited problem in which nerve cells in the brain break out over time. Huntington's disease exhibit physical, psychosocial, and cognitive symptoms such as memory lapses, stumbling, clumsiness, and problems with concentration. People with known familial history can avoid this condition in offspring using gene therapy or artificial reproductive methods such as IVF.

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Is there any treatment for Huntington's chorea?

Query: Hello doctor, My father aged 54 years is suffering from HD (Huntington's) chorea. The symptoms were visible eight years back itself, but we felt it is quite common and the days passed on, and the symptoms became more prominent. My father's elder sister also had huntington's disease (HD) chorea, and ...  Read Full »


Dr. Aida Abaz Quka

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern, but unfortunatelythis is a progressive neurological disorder and there is no cure. It is genetic and it can be inherited in the patient's children. For this reason, I would recommend you and your brothers or sisters, cousins to perform the g...  Read Full »

Is Huntington's disease an inherited disease?

Query: Hello doctor, Is Huntington's disease an inherited disease? I have heard my maternal grandfather had it. Is it possible to have the same disease in me without my knowledge, or can I transmit it to my child? Kindly explain.  Read Full »


Dr. Muntaqa Butt

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. Regarding your question about the inheritance of the disease, Huntington's disease is familial. This disease is an autosomal dominant disorder, and the pattern of such diseases is that there is a 50 % chance that the next generation will have this disease. There is a...  Read Full »

My 54-year-old father has Huntington's chorea. How to treat him?

Query: Hello doctor,My father, aged 54 years, is suffering from Huntington's chorea. The symptoms from the past eight years, like involuntary movements, struggling to swallow, balancing problems, severe cold, and cough, were visible, but we felt it was quite common; the days passed, and the symptoms became...  Read Full »


Dr. Penchilaprasad Kandikattu

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. I understand your concern. No treatments can alter the course of Huntington's disease. But medications can lessen some symptoms of movement and psychiatric disorders. Multiple interventions can help a person adapt to changes in their abilities for a specific time. ...  Read Full »

Are there any signs of Huntington's disease in my MRI scan?

Query: Hello doctor, Looking to get an evaluation of brain MRI. Sensory overstimulation, suspecting temporal lobe epilepsy. Why is gray matter volume so high and white matter volume so low (atrophy reports)? Why are nucleus accumbens and caudate volume so low? Are there any signs of Huntington's disease? ...  Read Full »


Dr. Vivek Chail

Answer: Hello, Welcome to icliniq.com. For evaluation of juvenile Huntington's disease, the ratio of frontal horn width or inter caudate distance is 2.52 (normal 2.2 to 2.6). The ratio of inter caudate distance or inner table width is 0.11 (normal 0.09 to 0.12). Therefore you do not have features of Hunti...  Read Full »

Why are there tremors, speech problems and memory disturbances?

Query: Hello doctor, For the past few years, I have been having the following symptoms: 1) Tremors. 2) Pain near the spinal cord. 3) Head stiffness. 4) Getting stuck when thinking or solving things. Please advise.  Read Full »


Dr. Jaydeep Tripathy

Answer: Hi, Welcome to icliniq.com. I would like to know the following details: 1) May I know your age? 2) Do you have any history of hypertension or diabetes? 3) Do you have any history of previous tuberculosis? I will suggest an immediate MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) of the brain to rule out deg...  Read Full »

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