Can huntington's disease kill?!


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Go to: http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000770.htm#Expectations%20(prognosis)

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yes its a degenerative disease
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nurse

I believe so. Wood Guthrie died of it. I think Michael J. Fox has it too. It is degenerative.

It usually takes between 10 to 25 years for the disease to kill someone.

Yes, it is a hereditary and deadly disease. It damages your health and kill you.

yes, in most cases it is a fatal disease. It progresses. I have known two people who have died from this disease: one in his mid-fourties and his daughter who was only 10.
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