not sure who to ask but i have a friend who has huntingtons disease    kind of like parkinson...i can barely?
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http://health.yahoo.com/ency/healthwise/nord18\nhttp://www.lib.uiowa.edu/hardin/md/huntingtons.html\n\nI hope this helps, I have a friend with huntington's and it's getting worse day by day. People think he's drunk when he walks, when actually, he just has a hard time keeping his balance.
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unfortunately...this is something she must WANT to do for herself!!!  All you can do is make sure that you are a GOOD friend to her...by that , I mean don't "enable" her to continue her unhealthy habits...let her know how much you care about her and love her...and want her to be AROUND in your future as well as her own!!!  Give her encouragement...and hopefully she will see the seriousness (very soon!) of her condition...by being in the clinic environment...they will hopefully be able to find a way to get through to her with you love, help and support!!  Good luck to you!!!
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First of all, God bless you for realizing that probably one of the things that your sister needs the most right now is someone who is going to treat her as if she were "normal" again and not baby her. But with that said, you wont forget that she has this disease. What you can do, is let her lead the way. Give her your time and let her decide what to do with it. God bless both of you.
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Seek a psychiatrist.  I think you might be a minor hypochondriac or something like it.  This is your wife and you can't get down and dirty????????   Get help
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I too have this condition, along with my older brother, a son, a nephew , and my now deceased father .   All you may want to know about your condition can be found in the current issue of Consumer Reports issue of "onHealth" Volume18 Number 1 - page11. Learn to live with it as all of us have done except for my father.  Physicians did horrible things to him in search of a cure and he shook till he died at 80.
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He has motor-neurone disease
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Let's start with a scientific fact.\n\nYour friend is NOT sexually weak or unresponsive because of excessive masturbation.  Extensive (one could almost say excessive) research over the last several decades has clearly shown that masturbation improves sexual capability, and certainly does not damage it (fertility increases in males who frequently masturbate, sperm count goes up, and erections can be maintained longer, giving greater pleasure to partners  -- furthermore frequent masturbation prevents Prostatis and appears to also significantly cut the possibility of Prostate cancer though that last hasn't been replicated enough times in research to be proven yet).\n\nThe best thing you can do to help your friend is to start by disabusing him of the notion that his masturbation is hurting him, it isn't.  That is just a stupid, reactionary, left-over hyper-religious myth.  So get him over it.\n\nThen start exploring the reason for his impotence.  It could be psychological (depression causes impotence frequently, for example).  It could be mild diabetes.  Etc.  It also could be psychological.  Fear and anxiety alone can cause such problems.  It is also possible that he simply has no interest in functioning with women.  He may feel he has to have such interest due to societal pressures, but not have the natural desire.  He may be asexual (almost 1% of males prefer to be) or he may be homosexual.  In neither case is there a problem at all -- it just is what he is, if you are truly his friend, you can also help him get past the societal trash on those issues -- if indeed by happenstance those are the issues.\n\nDo not hesitate to contact me by direct email, or have him contact me by direct email.  I would be glad to listen, to talk, and perhaps to help, if I can.\n\nRegards,\n\nReynolds Jones\nbelieveinyou24@yahoo.com
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Definitely see your family physican.  It could be many things, palsy, Parkinson's, Chorea, stroke, injured muscle, etc.  Your doctor can run the necessary tests to diagnosis the condition.
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hi .. instead of getting useless worries why not have some simple knowledge about it .. \n\nSTROKE IDENTIFICATION: \n\nMy friend sent this to me and encouraged me to post it and spread the word, I agreed. If everyone can remember something this simple, we could save some folks. Seriously. please read: \n\nDuring a BBQ, a friend stumbled and took a little fall - she assured everyone that she was fine (they offered to call paramedics) and just tripped over a brick because of her new shoes. They got her cleaned up and got her a new plate of food - while she appeared a bit shaken up, Ingrid went about enjoying herself the rest of the afternoon. Ingrid's husband called later saying that his wife had been taken to the hospital and passed away. She had suffered a stroke at the BBQ. Had they known how to identify the signs of a stroke, perhaps Ingrid would be with us today. Some stroke victims don't die, they end up in a helpless, hopeless condition instead. \n\nIt only takes a minute to read this... \n\nA neurologist says that if he can get to a stroke victim within three hours he can totally reverse the effects of a stroke . . . totally. He said the trick was having a stroke recognized, diagnosed and then getting the patient medically cared for within three hours, which is tough. \n\nRECOGNIZING A STROKE \n\nThank God for the sense to remember the "3" steps. \n\nRead and Learn! \n\nSometimes symptoms of a stroke are difficult to identify. Unfortunately, the lack of awareness spells disaster. The stroke victim may suffer severe brain damage when people nearby fail to recognize the symptoms of a stroke. \n\nNow doctors say a bystander can recognize a stroke by asking three simple questions: \n\nS *Ask the individual to SMILE. \n\nT *Ask the person to TALK, \nto SPEAK A SIMPLE SENTENCE. (Coherently) (i.e. . . It is sunny out today) \n\nR *Ask him or her to RAISE BOTH ARMS. \n\nNOTE: Another 'sign' of a stroke is this: Ask the person to 'stick' out their tongue. if the tongue is 'crooked', if it goes to one side or the other, that is also an indication of a stroke. \n\nhope it will help ..
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Hi Baldy,\n\nThere are a few different diseases that are referred to as "Parkinsonisms."  Another term that you may hear that means essentially the same thing is "Parkinson's Plus."  \n\nI recently blogged about this at http://myparkinsonsinfo.com/index.php?p=182\nThere are some good links there, too.    \n\nThe world of neurology is arguably the most complex area of medicine.  There are actually quite a few diseases that share symptoms with Parkinson's.  Sometimes it takes the very bright and diligent neurologists some time to diagnose people.  Email me if you want to follow-up.  Thanks!
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it is a terrible disease....nothing to ask dumb questions about..I hope it never happens to you. My mother has dymensia and parkinsons, she has been in either a nursing home or hospital for 5 years, it is a wicked disease
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Unfortunately, I understand AND believe you.  I have a hard-to-diagnose condition that took me 16 doctors and 15 years to resolve.\n\nMany doctors have such huge egos that they assume that if THEY don't know the answer, that there ISN'T an answer, and therefore it's "all in your mind."\n\nDon't put up with this poppycock.  Find another neuro whose knowledge base is bigger than his ego.
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Since you didn't realize I was being sincere with my answer on David Duke, I want to let you know that I don't joke when it comes to children...so the below is sincere.\n\nEcholalia presents in many types of patients, and for a number of reasons.  However, echolalia in very young children is a natural means of learning speech.  In older children it sometimes presents along with a diagnosis of autism.  Echolalia is at times present with a diagnosis of schizophrenia.\n\nDoes the child simply repeat words or phrases that are spoken to him/her?\n\nDoes he/she present with symptoms of echophraxia? This is imitation of characteristics/movement of another person.  My 4-year-old daughter presents with echophraxia/echolalia, yet as she gets older this is disappearing.  She appears to be a normal child.\n\nI have often thought of autism as being a disorder than can be paliated by therapeutic approaches, however, it appears that in this approach, one treats behaviors as well.  There are several approaches to treating echolalia.  Apparently, therapists believe that echolalia is somehow intrinsically rewarding to the autistic child and don't attempt to mitigate.  However, research has come up with some approaches to treat echolalia.  I provide a link below that looks very interesting.\n\nPallalia is normally a symptom of Parkinson's Disease (PD).  Is there an elderly person staying with you? If so, I'm really sorry.  It can be very hard on your nerves when this symptom is pronounced.  I suppose stutternig could also be part of an autistic's symptoms, but I'm afraid that I can't help with that.  Best Regards.
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My friend had that. \n\nI'd ask him, but he died.\n\n:)
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the best place to get that infomation is from organisations that help support disabled people and their carers - try asking your or their doctor about who to contact.
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No, coughing is not a sympton of Huntingtons.  Clinical features include involuntary movements, dementia, and behavioral changes.  The closest thing would be dysarthria (difficulty articulating when speaking) and dysphagia (difficulty swallowing).\n\n-----from emedicine.com\nChorea (derived from the Greek word meaning to dance) is the most common movement disorder seen in HD.\nInitially, mild chorea may pass for fidgetiness. Severe chorea may appear as uncontrollable flailing of the extremities (ie, ballism), which interferes with function.\nAs the disease progresses, chorea coexists with and gradually is replaced by dystonia and parkinsonian features, such as bradykinesia, rigidity, and postural instability, which are usually more disabling than the choreic syndrome per se.\nIn advanced disease, patients develop an akinetic-rigid syndrome, with minimal or no chorea. Other late features are spasticity, clonus, and extensor plantar responses.\nDysarthria and dysphagia are common. Abnormal eye movements may be seen early in the disease. Other movement disorders, such as tics and myoclonus, may be seen in patients with HD.
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You never grow out of it.  It is a neurological disorder and it never goes away.  The symptoms might get less and less with age.