Fun Facts about HD

Did you know? Huntington’s disease is a rare genetic disorder that only about 30,000 people in North America have. This means that if everyone who has HD in all of North America went to a football stadium, they would take up less than half of the seats in an average 70,000 seat stadium. Did you know? George Huntington, the discoverer of the disease, suffered from it himself. His 1872 description of the signs and symptoms are still used today as major determining factors when diagnosing a person with the disease. Did you know? Advocates for Huntington’s disease wear blue ribbons. However, blue ribbons can represent more than 30 different kinds of medical issues.