If you are a first time reader of this blog you may not know that one of our key objectives is to raise awareness of the myriad of different medical conditions which affect the population of the planet. Indeed some have suggest that there are over 7,000 different conditions. The common cold will affect us all but Fields’ disease has been diagnosed in just two people.

Many rare conditions are genetic. Indeed the two women with Fields’ disease are twins. So today the condition we are raising awareness of another genetic condition called Huntington’s Disease. Huntington’s disease has been described as a type of dementia similar to Alzheimer’s disease.

The UK’s NHS web site describes the condition thus “Huntington’s disease is an inherited disease of the brain that damages certain brain cells.The disease damages some of the nerve cells in the brain, causing deterioration and gradual loss of function of these areas of the brain. This can affect movement, cognition (perception, awareness, thinking, judgement) and behaviour.Early symptoms can include personality changes, mood swings and unusual behaviour, although these are often overlooked and attributed to something else.”

You can find out more about its symptoms here

The theme of this year’s awareness week is the need for improve knowledge and support for mental health issues surrounding the condition. The Huntington’s Disease Association are offering tree training in the areas and they can be contacted via their site. By the way if anyone from the HDA does read this blog post you do need to improve the profile of the week on your site. The social media coverage is okay but the web is pretty poor.

Finally as our contribution we have produced a graphic to show our support. As always please like and share to help us up the profile of Huntington’s Disease Awareness Week.

Many thanks in adavnce.