Huntington's Disease Symptoms
At first, people who are beginning to show the signs of Huntington’s disease will exhibit nonspecific symptoms:
- Irritability
- Depression
- Mood swings
- Trouble driving
- Difficulty learning new things
- Forgetting facts
- Difficulty making decisions
As the disease progresses further, the following symptoms become more common:
- Trouble feeding oneself
- Difficulty swallowing
- Strange and uncontrolled movements that are either slow or wild and jerking
- Loss of memory and judgment
- Changes in speech
- Personality changes
- Disorientation and confusion
- Hallucinations, paranoia, and psychosis
In children, the symptoms often include Parkinson’s disease-like features such as:
- Slow movements
- Rigidity
- Tremors