Growing up, Nick Gough’s mother, Margie Gough, never revealed to her family that she had Huntington’s disease. Gough and his siblings thought that the personality changes she experienced were just who she was. When she displayed involuntary movements, had seizures or seemed drunk, they wondered if she had. But as her symptoms worsened, the now adult children learned why Margie Gough behaved like she did: She has Huntington’s disease.
“People would think she was drunk,” Gough said. “Like she was getting pulled over for impaired driving but she’s sober.” At the time, Gough was in the military and he worried about undergoing a genetic test to see if he had it. He didn’t know if it would impact his career or even his ability to obtain health insurance. Children with parents who have Huntington’s have a “50/50 chance” of also having the gene that causes it, according to the. Gough went for anonymous testing and discovered he had the gene.
Nick Gough has been surprised how unrelenting the terrain has been since he started the Appalachian Trail in Georgia. Still, he thinks he'll finish the entire hike in about 6 months.As he was reeling from the results of his genetic test, Margie Gough’s condition deteriorated. She can't leave the house often and experiences outburst and irritability issues. Caretakers help her at home.
THANK YOU & MissMeghanMack! 💙 LetsTalkAboutHD HuntingtonsDisease
Health Health Latest News, Health Health Headlines
Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.
Source: sdut - 🏆 5. / 95 Read more »
Source: wjxt4 - 🏆 246. / 63 Read more »