The Galapagos Islands and Huntington's chorea
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Dr. Eric R.Posted
Sun 14 Sep 2008 4:49pm
Ahh, Blue-Footed Boobies!
One of my favorite authors, Kurt Vonnegut, wrote about Huntington's Disease in the great book, Galapagos. The main character's pending and inevitable onset of neurological wasting intrigued me. I tried to imagine what that must be like.
Since Mr. Vonnegut wrote that book, researchers have identified the gen ...
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Woody's Dance
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Dr. Brian M.Posted
Mon 25 Aug 2008 6:42pm
Huntington Chorea is a neurodegenerative disease wherein the patient exhibits, among other symptoms, uncontrollable writhing movements known as chorea . This word, chorea, is from the Greek choreía, meaning 'dance'. Probably the most famous person ever to have suffered from Huntington disease is the folk singer Woody Guthrie. Because
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The drug question … again
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Carrie OstreaPosted
Sat 10 Jul 2010 12:29am
things along the way, which I appreciated. We talked about the oversedation, her Gaucher’s, and most of all the chorea movements and possible seizure disorder.
She modified our..., there is a lot of resources that mention it is used specifically as a treatment for chorea. We have to keep a close eye on her (not that we aren’t already doing so) to look out for side
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A Series on Stimming: Videos for autism
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StrapplesPosted
Thu 18 Jun 2009 11:24pm
Me doing my "Chorea" / Rocking stim
As some of you already know I have been working on a video series on Self Stimulating actions in autistics (Stimming)
I am continuing this video series with a special video that I made very impromptu today during a overload situation that I was in. This is REAL footage of a REAL autistic overload being handled
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“Amazing!”
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Carrie OstreaPosted
Tue 27 Jul 2010 11:11pm
That was the term Hannah’s neurologist used when saw what a change Hannah has had in her neurologic issues, chorea movements, and physical demeanor in the two weeks since... neurologic issues (especially the chorea movements), put the biggest grin on my face for the rest of the day.
So the plan with Hannah from the neuro standpoint now is to start
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Huntington’s Drug Approved
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Ulysee W.Posted
Tue 07 Oct 2008 7:17pm
The FDA has approved Prestwick Pharmaceuticals’ Xenazine (tetrabenazine) for the treatment of Huntington’s Chorea on Friday. This marks the first FDA approved treatment... to offer these critically-ill patients a safe and effective medication to treat their chorea.”
Related: Prestwick Pharmaceuticals Press Release
Original source is http://pharm
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Dementia mimicking FTD with striatal hypermetabolic
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Neurodoc ..Posted
Fri 17 Oct 2008 9:12pm
resulted in a return of her premorbid state. PET scan and titers of antibody resolved. the differential diagnosis in this case was Syndenham's chorea and theantiphospholipid antibody state.
the phenotype of Sydenhams is usuallykids with onset of chorea, facial grimacing, hypotonia, and loss of fine control. Elevated ASO titers are present. Mood
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Dementia mimicking FTD with striatal hypermetabolic
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Neurodoc ..Posted
Mon 07 Jul 2008 7:13pm
in a return of her premorbid state. PET scan and titers of antibody resolved. the differential diagnosis in this case was Syndenham's chorea and theantiphospholipid antibody state.
the phenotype of Sydenhams is usuallykids with onset of chorea, facial grimacing, hypotonia, and loss of fine control. Elevated ASO titers are present. Mood changes and OCD behavior may
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PCU, Day #40, Still in Texas
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Carrie OstreaPosted
Fri 25 Jun 2010 7:48am
!!!
Hannah seems to be doing better overall. Her chorea movements have improved to the point where I would probably rate them a 3 out of 10 now where she was 10 out of 10 at its worst... is that Hannah failed the swallow study yesterday. She aspirated the liquids and sometimes aspirated the thicker, pudding-like foods. The thought is that because the chorea movements
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Busy day tomorrow
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Carrie OstreaPosted
Mon 04 Oct 2010 10:51pm
on Hannah’s progression (even though she is more familiar with adult Gaucher’s), her chorea movements, and just send back an overall update to Dr. Sidransky at the NIH since we won
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