Pedigree of Huntington's Disease 
Karyotype of a person that's affected with Huntington'sHuntington's affects the 4th pair of the chromosomes. People with Huntington's have trouble with their emotions, control thinking, and movement. Their bodies can't do simple tasks like getting dressed in the later stages. Some symptoms are depression, bad memory, mood swings, lack of coordination, no control of movement, can hardly walk, speak, and swallowing. In a typical patient, you start seeing signs in between ages of 30 and 50, but on rare occasions it could be earlier or later in their life. You can treat with physical and speech therapy and medication. The inheritance pattern is an autosomal dominant pattern. Individuals are screened when they are babies and take sample fluids from the fetus. Another way to tell if they have it is by genetic screening. If the person has the expansion of the CAG triplet gene, they have Huntington's. 1 in 30,000 people get Huntington's Disease in the US and that 1 in 30,000 will always die, even with treatment.
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