What is Huntington's disease?

Huntington disease, an autosomal dominant disorder, is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by insidious onset of incoordination, personality changes, and psychiatric symptoms leading to severe dementia and immobility.

How do members experience Huntington's disease?

Top 5 symptoms reported by people with Huntington's disease*

*Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.

Top treatments taken by people for Huntington's disease*

Who has Huntington's disease on PatientsLikeMe?

Age

Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 17
30s 130
40s 268
50s 305
60s 221
70+ 132

Distribution of sex

Sex

Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 326
Female 750

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What is Huntington's disease?

Huntington disease, an autosomal dominant disorder, is a progressive, neurodegenerative disease characterized by insidious onset of incoordination, personality changes, and psychiatric symptoms leading to severe dementia and immobility.



Common symptoms reported by people with Huntington's disease

Common symptoms
How bad it is
What people are taking for it

Reports may be affected by other conditions and/or medication side effects. We ask about general symptoms (anxious mood, depressed mood, fatigue, pain, and stress) regardless of condition.
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Treatments taken by people for Huntington's disease

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Who has Huntington's disease on PatientsLikeMe?

  • 0 new patients joined this month
  • 1,175 say Huntington's disease is their primary condition

Age
Age Proportion # of patients
<20 1
20s 17
30s 130
40s 268
50s 305
60s 221
70+ 132
Age at first symptom
Age at first symptom Proportion # of patients
0-19 years 12
20-29 years 30
30-39 years 52
40-49 years 37
50-59 years 12
60-69 years 8
70+ years 1

Distribution of sex

Sex
Sex Proportion # of patients
Male 326
Female 750

Diagnosis status
Diagnosis status Proportion # of patients
Diagnosed 203
Not Diagnosed 29

These charts show data from Huntington's disease patients who have completed their condition history
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