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Huntington's Disease: Symptoms and Treatment

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Huntington's Disease is an inherited disease that causes the breakdown or death of nerve cells in the brain. It might come as a shock to people to be diagnosed with this disease because it's symptoms are not well known. Any mental disease or disorder requires lots of patience and understanding from the patient as well as the family and friends. Getting treatment from the  best hospital in Nagpur  is also essential so that the disease does not manifest into something more. Symptoms Huntington's Disease can be categorized as a hereditary disease which cannot be "caught" from another person. It can only be passed down in the family line. Symptoms of the disease can appear from childhood to later stages. It gradually kills the nerve cells of the brain, affecting the body, mind, and emotions. Early-stage symptoms are as follows: -Changes in coordination affecting balance of the body, making a person clumsy -Fidgeting movements that cannot be controlle...