Prognosis of Huntington's Disease

Prognosis of Huntington's Disease: Poor. Degenerative disease. ...see also Overview of Huntington's Disease

Prognosis for Huntington's Disease: At this time, there is no way to stop or reverse the course of HD. Now that the HD gene has been located, investigators are continuing to study the HD gene with an eye toward understanding how it cause disease in the human body. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Huntington's Disease Information Page: NINDS) ...see also Overview of Huntington's Disease

Huntington's Disease: Duration statistics

Duration of Huntington's Disease: Typically around 15 years from onset of symptoms. ...see also Overview of Huntington's Disease

Complications:

Complications of Huntington's Disease may include:

• Manic-depressive disorder
• Schizophrenia
• Swallowing difficulty
• Choking
• Incontinence
• more complications...»

Complications of Huntington's Disease from the Diseases Database include:

• Choreoathetosis
• Trinucleotide repeat expansion
• Chronic brain failure
• more complications...»

See also complications of Huntington's Disease.

Huntington's Disease: Research More

• Huntington's Disease: Introduction
• Symptoms: Huntington's Disease
• Complications: Huntington's Disease
• Treatments: Huntington's Disease

About prognosis:

The 'prognosis' of Huntington's Disease usually refers to the likely outcome of Huntington's Disease. The prognosis of Huntington's Disease may include the duration of Huntington's Disease, chances of complications of Huntington's Disease, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Huntington's Disease, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Huntington's Disease. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.

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