HUNTINGTON´s DISEASE

Ducenter collaborates with the writer Marcos Bottesi in promoting his book entitled "Huntington - The History of Generations".

This book aims to spread a rare disease to international comunity, Huntington´s disease, through a history of much reflection and discoveries in a family and, why not say, compassion and hope.

Huntington's disease is a rare and inherited disease that causes the progressive degeneration of nerve cells in the brain, resulting in movement, cognitive and psychiatric disfunctions.

Questions for reflection:

• What would your reaction be when you discovered that you have a neurodegenerative disease, with no cure and that you have never heard of?

• What if, in addition, you discover that this disease is hereditary and that the chance of passing it on to your descendants is 50%?

• Would you think twice about having children? But ... what if you already had children?

• Would you encourage your children to take a predictive test to find out if they have inherited the disease?

• What would life be like living with this emotional burden of the great possibility of inheriting from the disease?

Click here to see details on the book launch.

Note: The author, Marcos Bottesi, seeks partnerships with collaborators willing to translate the book from the Portuguese language to others languages. Contact:  mbottesi61@gmail.com