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A defect in a single gene causes Huntington’s disease. It’s considered an autosomal dominant disorder. This means that one copy of the abnormal gene is enough to cause the disease. If one of your parents has this genetic defect, you have a 50 percent chance of inheriting it. You can also pass it on to your children.
The genetic mutation responsible for Huntington’s disease is different from many other mutations. There isn’t a substitution or a missing section in the gene. Instead, there is a copying error. An area within the gene is copied too many times. The number of repeated copies tends to increase with each generation.

Dementia is the term applied to a group of symptoms that negatively impact memory, but Alzheimer’s is a progressive disease of the brain that slowly causes impairment in memory and cognitive function. The exact cause is unknown and no cure is available.
The National Institute of Health estimates that more than 5 million people in the United States have Alzheimer’s disease. Although younger people can and do get Alzheimer’s, the symptoms generally begin after age 60.
The time from diagnosis to death can be as little as three years in people over 80 years old. However, it can be much longer for younger people.

Parkinson-type motor skills problems (e.g. slowness, stiffness, tremors) are also common in people with dementia with Lewy Bodies (LBD) and are often present at the time of diagnosis.

Semantic dementia refers to a progressive loss of the ability to remember the meaning of words, faces and objects, which results from shrinkage of the temporal lobes of the brain. However, there is wide variation in the speed of progression.  Some people show little decline over the course of a year whereas others change more quickly.  Usually, monitoring a person’s progress over a year will give a good guide as to the likely future rate of progression.

The early stage of Frontotemporal dementia has different symptoms as memory and cognitive functioning are relatively spared. Behavioral variant frontotemporal dementia (bvFTD) primarily influences individuals’ behaviors and emotions. Common behavioral changes include becoming uncharacteristically selfish, apathetic, and uninhibited. Over-eating can also be a problem.
Individuals with bvFTD might act impulsively and inappropriately in social situations, disregarding manners. There are two other less common forms of frontotemporal dementia with different initial symptoms. Semantic dementia primarily affects the ability to recall names and understand language, and progressive non-fluent aphasia affects individuals’ abilities to produce fluent speech.

People with vascular dementia have distinct mental element shortfalls that incorporate each reminiscence hindrance, that impacts the adaptability to find out new statistics or review facts already learned, and one or greater of the ensuing aspect outcomes aphasia, apraxia, agonise, or reputable brokenness to such an extent that the mental detail shortages adversely affect social or action working with a chief decrease in beyond abilities. Furthermore, human beings with dementia commonly enjoy the ill consequences of comorbid situations that more confuse thoughts and block best results.