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Question: Yes, a friend has just been diagnosed with Huntington's disease. The question is does her lack of bladder control fit into the picture? The reason I am asking as so that she can figure out how many years she has had the symptom.
Brief Answer:
Needs complete neurological evaluation
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking
I read your question and i understand your concern. XXXXXXX disease is a cognitive and behavioural disorder starts with emotions, mood swings, movement restrictions and late stages reflexes and neurological involvement like brisk reflexes and hypokinesia. There are five stages and correlation of bladder incontinence can be only with HD if that is severe and late stage say stage 4 or 5. Which i am sure is not the case in recently diagnosed friend of yours. So i would say sort out other local possibilities of incontinence like urinary tract infections, urethritis etc. It may be a possibility that its due to HD as books follow patients and patients don't follow books. So it may manifest early .
Talk to a neurologist, let them examine the patient completely and sort it out accordingly. I hope it helps. take good care of yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.
regards
Khan
Needs complete neurological evaluation
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for asking
I read your question and i understand your concern. XXXXXXX disease is a cognitive and behavioural disorder starts with emotions, mood swings, movement restrictions and late stages reflexes and neurological involvement like brisk reflexes and hypokinesia. There are five stages and correlation of bladder incontinence can be only with HD if that is severe and late stage say stage 4 or 5. Which i am sure is not the case in recently diagnosed friend of yours. So i would say sort out other local possibilities of incontinence like urinary tract infections, urethritis etc. It may be a possibility that its due to HD as books follow patients and patients don't follow books. So it may manifest early .
Talk to a neurologist, let them examine the patient completely and sort it out accordingly. I hope it helps. take good care of yourself and dont forget to close the discussion please.
regards
Khan
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