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Huntington's disease?

Can a Huntingston's disease be confused with posioning....in other words, do some posions give simular symptoms?

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    Most patients with HD have a mixed pattern of neurological and psychiatric abnormalities. Understanding of the clinical signs must take into account the fact that signs change during the course of the illness and that different patterns may be observed, depending on the age of onset.

    So at some stage victims suffering from dysarthria, incordinated movements may be mistaken for alcoholics or drug addicts. But it is easy to differentiate.

  • 1 decade ago

    Huntington's disease is a genetic disease that cause degeneration of the nerves.

  • 1 decade ago

    i dont know, my grandma said my grandpa died of that, she is a real sweet lady(would never poison anybody) from what she says, thats some bad stuff, that huntingstons disease

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Sure. The cocaine dance is choreiform, but it won't fool anybody for long.

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