HUNTINGTON'S AND PRADER-WILLI'S

HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE LIFE SPAN

• This disease usually appears in middle age.
• The average life span is 10 - 30 years after it is diagnosed.

HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE SYMPTOMS

• Changes in behavior and personality including depression, anxiety, and severe memory problems.
• Chorea, or involuntary movements of the limbs, face, and body.

HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE CURES/TREATMENTS

• There is no current cure, but some treatments include:
• Tetrabenazine, which is used for slowing down the involuntary movements involved with Chorea, and other antipsychotic drugs like:
• Haloperidol, Chlorpromazine, Amantadine, Levetiracetam, and Clonazepam.

HOW YOU GET HUNTINGTON'S DISEASE

• You inherit Huntington's disease from your parents.
• It is a repeating insertion known as CAG.
• It affects chromosome 4.

PRADER-WILLI'S LIFE SPAN

• The life span of someone with Prader-Willi's syndrome is normal if the person is not overweight.

PRADER-WILLI'S SYMPTOMS

• Some symptoms are poor muscle tone during infancy, also known as hypotonia.
• Lack of eye contact
• Failure to thrive.

PRADER-WILLI'S CURES/TREATMENTS

• There is no current cure, but some treatments are:
• Use of special tubes for feeding infants.
• Strict supervision of food intake so they don't grow overweight.
• Growth Hormone Therapy
• Behavioral Therapy
• Treatment by pediatric ophthalmologists

HOW YOU GET PRADER-WILLI'S

• You get PWS when 7 genes are taken away, or deleted from chromosome 15.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Huntington's_disease
• http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prader–Willi_syndrome
• http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/condition/prader-willi-syndrome
• http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/huntingtons-disease/basics/tr...