Cases of Huntington's chorea is not too often found in modern medicine. This is a chronic disease, which is accompanied by gradually progressive damage to the nervous system. Unfortunately, to date, effective treatment does not exist, so the prognosis for patients is poor.
What is Huntington's disease?
Degenerative chorea-a hereditary disease that is associated with the changes in some genes. Most often, the disease begins to appear between the ages of 20 to 50 years. But the teenage Huntington's chorea are extremely rare.
With such a disease there is a gradual atrophy of heads of caudate nuclei in the human brain. Because of this degeneration manifest the main symptoms of the disease — these are hyperkinesia, mental disorders and other disorders.
As you can see, the causes of chorea Huntington's solely genetic. However, there are risk factors that can trigger onset of the disease. In particular, the degeneration often starts in the face of infectious diseases, taking certain medications, and hormonal failure and metabolic disorders.
Huntington's Chorea: photos and signs of disease
As already mentioned, most often degenerative processes in the brain begin to Mature age. It is worth noting that only a doctor after conducting all the necessary studies can make a diagnosis of ‘Huntington's chorea”.
The Symptoms and their intensity depend on the stage of the disease. Usually first showing hyperkinesis of the facial muscles. The gradual destruction of nerve fibers are observed involuntary muscle contraction — on the face of sick people often reveals a very expressive grimaces, uncontrolled rises or lowering of the eyebrows, twitching of the cheeks. In some cases hyperkinesis of the extremities in which the patient bend and unbend fingers, cross their legs, etc.
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As the progression of the disease varies and it the patient. First disturbed pronunciation of sounds, and then change the speed and rhythm of the conversation. Approximately half of the patients have regular seizures.
Along with movement disorders appear very obvious mental disorders. If in the early stages of Huntington's chorea there is increased excitability and irritability, then later appears and pronounced emotional instability, memory loss, loss of the ability to abstract, logical thinking, perception, and concentration. In the end comes the dementia.
Is There an effective treatment for Huntington's chorea?
Unfortunately, all existing methods are designed only to facilitate the patient and symptomatic treatment. Constant monitoring by a neurologist and taking certain medications will help to reduce the symptoms of movement disorders, as well as slow down the development of mental disorders. The prognosis for patients with a similar diagnosis is very disappointing. The average duration of human life with a similar diagnosis is 12-15 years after the onset of symptoms.
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