Huntington's disease, often abbreviated as HD, is a brain disease that causes nerve cells in the brain to deteriorate. Dr. George Huntington originally discovered HD in 1872. HD was originally known as Huntington's chorea, coming from a Greek word meaning to dance, which describes some symptoms of HD. There are three main symptom areas; those are movement, cognitive, and psychiatric. Movement symptoms include sudden muscle spasms, falling down, difficulty speaking, and in later stages difficulty swallowing, …
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