Huntington's Disease Research Paper

Huntington's disease/H.D

Huntington’s disease causes the in the nerve cells in the brain to disintegrate. It has been assessed that Huntington’s disease influences around 10.6 and 13.7 for each 100,000 people in the European society. In the American society, 1 in 10,000 will have the disease and furthermore approximately 150,000 Americans also have the 50% chance of developing the illness. It is very common in European descent, however appears to be uncommon in Asian populations. This report will be explaining how the illness is caused, the signs and symptoms that occur, how the illness affects an individual and the body system that are affected; furthermore it will be explaining how to prevent and cure the illness.
Huntington’s disease is …show more content…
Which that often results in tantrums and actions being done before thinking
Lack of alertness of your own actions, behaviours and capability
Slow in processing of thought
Difficulty taking in new information

Psychiatric disorders. The most common Psychiatric disorder is depression; however this is not simply due to the grief of acquiring the diagnosis. It seems to occur because of the sudden trauma and changes in the brain’s function. Suicide is very likely to happen. Other psychiatric disorders are:
Mania
O.C.D/Obsessive compulsive disorder
Bipolar disorder
Weight loss is also common and will gradually increase as the disease develops.

Huntington’s disease mainly affects the nervous system, but also affects other body systems, which are:
Musculoskeletal system. Due to the depletion of neurons that control how we move. For example, coordination of muscles.
The digestive system. Lack of muscle control causes chewing and swallowing difficulties. Loss of coordination with the oesophagus causes vomiting to …show more content…
This works by taking the eggs out of the mother’s ovaries and is then fertilized by the father’s sperm in the laboratory. The embryos are then tested for the Huntington gene and only those who are negative are implanted in the mother’s uterus.

There is a broad range of treatments that are being studied for Huntington’s disease, including gene therapy and medicines. There is the Coenzyme Q10 that is being trialed. It showed results which helped slow the progression of Huntington’s disease. It is still on the trial bases and more research is required to know if it helps cure with the illness.

There is ongoing research on implanting neurons to replace the ones that are lost in neurodegeneration that happens in Huntington’s disease, along with many other brain diseases and disorders. It has been tested on blind mice; scientists inserted an undeveloped neurotransmitter GABA, which is responsible for controlling what we see, how we move and other cortical functions. A few weeks after the transplantation, the mice showed clear vision and showed better neuroplasticity. The neurons moved to the right parts of the cortical areas related with visual understanding, it metamorphosed and took over the attributes and functions of the lost and harmed cells that were connected to eyesight . After the results, researchers and scientist got interested in whether this

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