I commend this clinician on how he genuinely tries to understand and repeat information back to his patient. He shows incredible bed side manner and is polite and kind. Wonderful job!
This disease runs in my family, my mother has it and is in the bad stages. This is a horrible disease and no one deserves to have it. I'm a little scared that I could have it too. God bless this man
I'm currently working with a fellow who exhibits all these symptoms. I do feel quite bad for him. I am an electrician and it is quite dangerous having this man around us as he is a danger to himself and others... I'm not saying this to be mean or dispassionate; it breaks my heart watching him try to be the man he used to be. It's an absolute travesty and I hope they find a cure for this one day.
That is what frightens me as well. Imagine having to admit to yourself that this is what your future holds. Terrifying; I've had some tremors recently and odd movements, which led me down this rabbithole. Time to donate to some HD researchers.
Am a nursing student who wanted to see what was meant by chorea in HD. Thank you for your video. Very informative. I hope they find a cure for this someday.
Excellent video, thanks. I can relate personally to some of what this patient shows. With me they are calling this Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder but I haven't had any genetic testing except for Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) which came back negative. The one very interesting aspect of this video I can really relate to is closing my eyes with arms outstretched and the arms start twisting a lot. Even with the eyes open. Who knows what I've got really. All the best to this gentleman and what a wonderful clinician it seems, awesome. Wish I was able to see him.
How about checking for TD? TD stands for Tardive Dyskinesia. With TD the affected person has uncontrollable body movements as well. There are also other symptoms that can go with TD too but they can vary from person to person. For example: TD patient "A" might rock and sway their torso but TD patient "B" does not. Etc. But TD is not a disease and is caused by medications that treat Bipolar and/or depression disorders. I don't know all your symptoms, of course, and you don't have to tell me. I just read that you don't have answers and I was just giving an idea. TD is not that well known, even to most doctors. It gets misdiagnosed a lot because it has a range of symptoms that mimic other diseases. Such as terretts, Parkinson's and Huntingtons, just to name a few.
I'm getting more informations about this disease because it runs in my family. My dad has it and does the same "movements" but I feel like I always knew him "like that", it feels like the disease overtook his personality.
i have sadly lost 4 members of our family to huntingtons all from my mums side of the family and my nephew is in the middle stages of it right now :( im so sorry to hear your father has huntingtons it is an horrendous illness and i would not wish it on anyone god bless you and your family
I know Huntingtons lifespan after the first symptom goes from 8 to 20 years, but with a patient so advanced in nerve degeneration like him, what would be the range of remaining time?
Watched many of my people suffer and die from this.. I have it and my moms died from it last year.. so I just want to know.. honestly.. where are your gods .. I seen mom lose everything.. her ability to be a human .. she was a shell .. she was a great beautiful person.. I’m not claiming that I am .. but there was no mercy for her.. I plan to take matters into my own hands when the time be nigh.. religion and all that rubbish .. is truly just an idea for there will be no pity
sorry that you've been touched by this disease. There are researchers working on it right now. Hopefully, something will help you and the many others with HD.
I'm very sorry to hear that! My family is plagued with this disease and it's definitely not something you'd wish on your worst enemy. If you ever feel like you need someone to talk to, feel free to message me!
Not only then, but it's most common...Yet about 8% of people get diagnosed with no knowledge of prior HD in the family... as far as I understand, CAG repeats are responsible for the encoding of polyglutamine (which acts like a toxin to the cells (especially to brain cells in the putamen and caudatus)) which is the main cause for the symptoms. The more CAG repeats you have, the more likely you are to develop HD (with more that 41 repeats you definetly have it!). Because DNA slippage can occur (DNA strang is copied and forms loops, making the transcription of the DNA strang longer and causing a longer copy of CAG -> more repeats), HD can occur randomly in people with no HD in their family (but that does not happen very often). Because of that, the disease's onset in a family with HD history may also begin earlier and earlier, as more and more CAG replications are added to the DNA strang due to slippage. That's how I understood it at least. This is a good scientific article: Walker, F. O. (2007). Huntington’s disease. The Lancet, 369(9557), 218-228. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60111-1
The disease in a psychological condition, so it can affect a lot of different parts of the brain, including the nerves that control their throat and mouth. So basically it can become very difficult for them to control themselves in that sense
My husband has this disease, it is horrible. I wish people knew more about it, it's hard to raise awareness and funds for something people know nothing about.
I want to thank the patient a lot for doing this.
Hear, hear!
Me too. Very brave. I wish this man all the very best 🙏
Thank to patient a lot for teaching us
I commend this clinician on how he genuinely tries to understand and repeat information back to his patient. He shows incredible bed side manner and is polite and kind. Wonderful job!
This disease runs in my family, my mother has it and is in the bad stages. This is a horrible disease and no one deserves to have it. I'm a little scared that I could have it too. God bless this man
You might want to get tested, it is a genetically transmitted disease. I hope everything turns out for good!
There's a 50% chance you could have it. Hopefully you don't have it but you should get tested.
I lost a friend to Huntington's this week, she was 47. I hate this f**king disease.
I'm so sorry, it's a sucky ass disease
Ciara Ryan I’m really sorry to hear that, the earth is a cruel place, and she’s in a better place. Stay strong.
I'm currently working with a fellow who exhibits all these symptoms. I do feel quite bad for him. I am an electrician and it is quite dangerous having this man around us as he is a danger to himself and others... I'm not saying this to be mean or dispassionate; it breaks my heart watching him try to be the man he used to be. It's an absolute travesty and I hope they find a cure for this one day.
That is what frightens me as well. Imagine having to admit to yourself that this is what your future holds. Terrifying; I've had some tremors recently and odd movements, which led me down this rabbithole. Time to donate to some HD researchers.
Am a nursing student who wanted to see what was meant by chorea in HD. Thank you for your video. Very informative. I hope they find a cure for this someday.
look up Athetosis. That was harder for me to understand until I saw a video on it
As a doctor myself too, thank you for a brilliant neurology series.
:( This hurt me, and I am just a nursing student. Couldn't imagine having a loved one with this disease. Just breaks my heart
Not JUST a nursing student! Nursing important to quality of life/care for those with chronic conditions. Thanks for your comment and for caring.
Thanks a lot for uploading this video. Very helpful. I’m a Psychology student, currently working on the Behavioral Neuroscience module.
Me too!
I don't know anything of medicine, but you have an impressive brother! My brother!
Great video, very illustrative of the movement features of Coreic patients!
Dr Niall is an amazing physician!! I wish he was my teacher
Thank you so much for demonstrating !
Excellent video, thanks. I can relate personally to some of what this patient shows. With me they are calling this Functional Neurological Symptom Disorder but I haven't had any genetic testing except for Fragile X-associated tremor/ataxia syndrome (FXTAS) which came back negative. The one very interesting aspect of this video I can really relate to is closing my eyes with arms outstretched and the arms start twisting a lot. Even with the eyes open. Who knows what I've got really.
All the best to this gentleman and what a wonderful clinician it seems, awesome. Wish I was able to see him.
How about checking for TD?
TD stands for Tardive Dyskinesia. With TD the affected person has uncontrollable body movements as well. There are also other symptoms that can go with TD too but they can vary from person to person. For example: TD patient "A" might rock and sway their torso but TD patient "B" does not. Etc.
But TD is not a disease and is caused by medications that treat Bipolar and/or depression disorders.
I don't know all your symptoms, of course, and you don't have to tell me. I just read that you don't have answers and I was just giving an idea. TD is not that well known, even to most doctors. It gets misdiagnosed a lot because it has a range of symptoms that mimic other diseases. Such as terretts, Parkinson's and Huntingtons, just to name a few.
God bless him
I'm getting more informations about this disease because it runs in my family. My dad has it and does the same "movements" but I feel like I always knew him "like that", it feels like the disease overtook his personality.
i have sadly lost 4 members of our family to huntingtons all from my mums side of the family and my nephew is in the middle stages of it right now :( im so sorry to hear your father has huntingtons it is an horrendous illness and i would not wish it on anyone god bless you and your family
@@33stevelinda me too
I know Huntingtons lifespan after the first symptom goes from 8 to 20 years, but with a patient so advanced in nerve degeneration like him, what would be the range of remaining time?
thank you!
Very informative thx
this doctor is very amazing
Watched many of my people suffer and die from this.. I have it and my moms died from it last year.. so I just want to know.. honestly.. where are your gods .. I seen mom lose everything.. her ability to be a human .. she was a shell .. she was a great beautiful person.. I’m not claiming that I am .. but there was no mercy for her.. I plan to take matters into my own hands when the time be nigh.. religion and all that rubbish .. is truly just an idea for there will be no pity
I wish the best for you sir ! May God bless you !
i’m so sorry that sounds absolutely horrible. i rlly hope you’ll stay strong and won’t give up. i wish you all the best in the world.
sorry that you've been touched by this disease. There are researchers working on it right now. Hopefully, something will help you and the many others with HD.
Gracias
thanks for showing this
:( :( :( my husband has Huntingtons disease....very very sad...
how is he doing now?
Mine does as well. I understand what you are going through. Prayers.
i am just diagnosed with this.
God bless to you sister!
Believe u can fight with this
I'm very sorry to hear that! My family is plagued with this disease and it's definitely not something you'd wish on your worst enemy. If you ever feel like you need someone to talk to, feel free to message me!
i want this dr to dx me!
Is this disease occuring only for people with the HD family history??
autosomal dominant disease so family history is a must
Spontane mutation can be too I guess
Not only then, but it's most common...Yet about 8% of people get diagnosed with no knowledge of prior HD in the family... as far as I understand, CAG repeats are responsible for the encoding of polyglutamine (which acts like a toxin to the cells (especially to brain cells in the putamen and caudatus)) which is the main cause for the symptoms. The more CAG repeats you have, the more likely you are to develop HD (with more that 41 repeats you definetly have it!). Because DNA slippage can occur (DNA strang is copied and forms loops, making the transcription of the DNA strang longer and causing a longer copy of CAG -> more repeats), HD can occur randomly in people with no HD in their family (but that does not happen very often). Because of that, the disease's onset in a family with HD history may also begin earlier and earlier, as more and more CAG replications are added to the DNA strang due to slippage.
That's how I understood it at least. This is a good scientific article: Walker, F. O. (2007). Huntington’s disease. The Lancet, 369(9557), 218-228. doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736(07)60111-1
What causes them to make this snorkeling sound. And choking when eating...i ask cause my neice does it i can't understand what she be saying
The disease in a psychological condition, so it can affect a lot of different parts of the brain, including the nerves that control their throat and mouth. So basically it can become very difficult for them to control themselves in that sense
i just found out about this disease while read a newspaper article
My husband has this disease, it is horrible. I wish people knew more about it, it's hard to raise awareness and funds for something people know nothing about.