Huntington's disease: hereditary and incurable, affects the mental health of entire families

🧠 Huntington’s disease is a rare and incurable degenerative disorder of the brain – it’s sometimes described as Parkinson’s, dementia, and motor neurone disease rolled into one.

👩👧 Around 8,000 people in the UK have Huntington's. Children with a parent who has Huntington’s have a 50% chance of inheriting the disease, meaning up to 32,000 people in Britain live at risk of developing the disease.

🔴 i's Social Editor Jenny Sterne looks back at how getting a negative result for the hereditary disease still left her with severe health anxiety.

First shown on inews.co.uk on 27 May 2022

📰 Read the full piece on Jenny’s family story with Huntington’s here:
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