Experts have flagged a mysterious rise in cases of a devastating lethal condition that's been dubbed a combination of dementia, Parkinson's and motor neurone disease.
Diagnoses of Huntington's disease have doubled since the 1990s, studies show, with doctors warning many Britons could unknowingly be at risk.
The genetic disorder, which destroys nerve cells in the brain, is most commonly passed on through families, but can also occur spontaneously - although this is rare.
Around 7,000 people in Britain are living with Huntington's, most who will endure a brutal and protracted death due to the progressive nature of the illness. Around one in 10 patients die by suicide.
Amid the baffling rise in other long term conditions, like Parkinson's and multiple sclerosis, experts have now begun to notice a similar pattern in Huntington's.
