Disease name of Huntington

Disease name of Huntington's disease, we report for the first time as "genetic chorea" in 1872, was given in honor of the name of the United States Long Island Joe Di Huntington ms symptoms doctor. Huntington's disease, developed during the middle age (50 years of age from 35 years old), the symptoms to gradually progressing Ikima. In Japan is certified as a specific disease, the Japanese is a rare disease called 5-6 people less than 100 million people. In particular many to whites in a foreign country, it has been said to have been present in a proportion of about 10 people to 100 000 people. Blacks and has been said to be the most incidence is low. In addition, there is no gender difference in the onset ratio. Once is like sometimes was called "Huntington's chorea", since only the involuntary movements of the whole body from being focused, and is now called "Huntington's disease" in Europe and the United States since the 1980s. In Japan we are using the name of "Huntington's disease" from 2001. Cause of Huntington's disease
Huntingtin specific to the patient, ms symptoms it combines with enzymes to repair is cut DNA, it is like a cause are unable ms symptoms to work. Was discovered by Okazawa Hitoshi Prof. of Tokyo Medical and Dental University is a hereditary disease (Yomiuri ONLINE of May 7, 2010), many of which will develop within you do not even notice itself. Since it is a genetic factor is high dominant inheritance from parent to child, the probability that transmitted to the child if one parent is ill is 1/2. This disease is a disease that is also seen in women in men, not in the incidence great difference. Symptoms of Huntington's disease
I will develop in involuntary ms symptoms movements back and forth 40 years of age. Initial symptoms, it may become difficult to fine exercise, you can frown, hand is abnormal behavior such as would move without ms symptoms permission, or become restless, you have appeared psychiatric ms symptoms symptoms or the like which may become depressed. With the progression of the disease, angry, you have appeared personality changes such as easy to get tired. Psychiatric symptoms such as depression and paranoia, ms symptoms even symptoms further ms symptoms similar to dementia appear. In the development of more or less and 60-year-old 20-year-old lightly symptoms of dementia, in the juvenile onset is said to rigidity type, noticeable Parkinson's symptoms than chorea. Decrease of intelligence also will proceed gradually, eventually I will fall into severe disrepair state after the lapse of the 10-20 years. Psychiatric symptoms precedes, seems sometimes appear as anti-social behaviors such as delinquency and crime. Involuntary movements (chorea) ms symptoms
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