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My far just turned 61 in February has recently been diagnosed Huntington's Disease We started to notice his nervous twitching about 4 or 5 yrs ago now it has progressed to slurred speach, dance type twitching, delay in response to questions, a slower ability to complete a thought process. I wondering is progression of HD symptons such as inability to swallow, loss of balance, more diabilitating ailments.

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The progression is often variable, but over the next year or so, you may notice further disability. Neuropsychiatric symptoms may even present before chorea. I would suggest that you read about HD on the Neurologychannel website. There are good support groups that I think can often be helpful to patients and family members, with regard to practical day to day issues, genetic testing etc.