Heather and her husband are going to have a baby, even though Heather's time with the child will be limited.
. An experimental drug, injected into spinal fluid, lowered levels of toxic proteins that kill cells in the brain.. In the case of one drug it was found that the risks outweighed the potential benefits, while the other failed to significantly reduce levels of the toxic proteins.
But they know that not everyone will be so accepting - particularly when they log on to the internet, where families with Huntington's disease can face a lot of stigma and judgement. These include difficulty concentrating, depression, stumbling and clumsiness, involuntary jerking of the limbs and body, mood swings and personality changes, problems swallowing, speaking and breathingThere is currently no cure but treatment can help to deal with some of the symptomsMatt Ellison, founder of the Huntington's Disease Youth Organisation, has also noticed a tendency for people to make unkind comments.
"Many people go the other route and choose not to get tested. That doesn't make people bad parents, far from it. The main thing is that a child is in a loving family that cares for them."Knowing that Heather's time is limited will make the years spent as a family all the more precious. They won't know whether their child has the gene as tests are only available from the age of 18.
"Of course, I went home and Googled it straight away," he says. There he found the worst of Huntington's disease."Even after I met my mother-in-law, at the end stages, the overriding message for me was that there was still so much love there.
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