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Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease creutzfeldtjacob disease. Last update 14 March 1999 http://www.ahcdc.medical.org/hemocjd.html
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MEDLINEplus Medical Encyclopedia: Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease creutzfeldtjacob disease. Definition Return to top creutzfeldt-jacob diseaseis a disorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/ency/article/000788.htm
Extractions: Skip navigation Other encyclopedia topics: A-Ag Ah-Ap Aq-Az B-Bk ... Z Contents of this page: Creuztfeldt-Jakob disease Central nervous system Alternative names Return to top Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy; New variant CJD - "the human form of mad cow disease" Definition Return to top Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is a disorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. These are abnormalities believed to be caused by damage done to the brain by a protein called a prion. This protein folds abnormally, and seems to encourage other proteins to become similarly misshapen, affecting their ability to function. Causes, incidence, and risk factors Return to top Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a disease which can occur sporadically (for no known reason), as a result of exposure to contaminated products. Rarely, it can be genetically inherited. The disorder itself is rare, occurring in about 1 out of 1,000,000 people. It usually first appears in midlife, beginning between ages 20 and 70, with average age at onset of symptoms being in the late 50's. However, some cases have occurred in adolescents who have received
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease creutzfeldtjacob disease. Canada Communicable Disease Report - Volume 25-1,1 January 1999. Surveillance for creutzfeldt-jacob disease in Canada http://ahcdc.medical.org/hemocjd.html
Health Ency.: Disease: Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease creutzfeldtjacob disease See images. Definition creutzfeldt-jacob diseaseis a disorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. http://www.accessatlanta.com/shared/health/adam/ency/article/000788.html
Extractions: Important notice Ency. home Disease C Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease See images Overview Symptoms Treatment ... Prevention Alternative names: Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy; New variant CJD - "the human form of mad cow disease" Definition: Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is a disorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. These are abnormalities believed to be caused by damage done to the brain by a protein called a prion. This protein folds abnormally, and seems to encourage other proteins to become similarly misshapen, affecting their ability to function. Causes and Risks Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a disease which can occur sporadically (for no known reason), as a result of exposure to contaminated products. Rarely, it can be genetically inherited. The disorder itself is rare, occurring in about 1 out of 1,000,000 people. It usually first appears in midlife, beginning between ages 20 and 70, with average age at onset of symptoms being in the late 50's. However, some cases have occurred in adolescents who have received
Extractions: 1Up Health Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials ... Health Topics A-Z Search 1Up Health Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease Information Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease Causes, Incidence, and Risk Factors Alternative names : New variant CJD - 'the human form of mad cow disease', Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Definition : Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is a disorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. These are abnormalities believed to be caused by damage done to the brain by a protein called a prion. This protein folds abnormally, and seems to encourage other proteins to become similarly misshapen, affecting their ability to function. Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a disease which can occur sporadically (for no known reason), as a result of exposure to contaminated products. Rarely, it can be genetically inherited. The disorder itself is rare, occurring in about 1 out of 1,000,000 people. It usually first appears in midlife, beginning between ages 20 and 70, with average age at onset of symptoms being in the late 50's. However, some cases have occurred in adolescents who have received
Extractions: 1Up Health Alternative Medicine Clinical Trials Health News ... Health Topics A-Z Search 1Up Health Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease Information Guide Alternative names : New variant CJD - 'the human form of mad cow disease', Transmissible Spongiform Encephalopathy Definition : Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is a disorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. These are abnormalities believed to be caused by damage done to the brain by a protein called a prion. This protein folds abnormally, and seems to encourage other proteins to become similarly misshapen, affecting their ability to function. A.D.A.M., Inc. is accredited by URAC, also known as the American Accreditation HealthCare Commission (www.urac.org). URAC's accreditation program is the first of its kind, requiring compliance with 53 standards of quality and accountability, verified by independent audit. A.D.A.M. is among the first to achieve this important distinction for online health information and services. Learn more about A.D.A.M.'s
California Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Surveillance Project CALIFORNIA CREUTZFELDTJAKOB DISEASE (CJD) SURVEILLANCE PROJECT California EmergingInfections Program. GOALS. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). http://medepi.org/ceip/cjd.htm
Extractions: GOALS We conduct ongoing review of CJD mortality data to monitor for any increase in the occurrence of CJD. We perform follow-up review of pertinent clinical and neuropathologic records of CJD cases in persons under age 55 years and investigate CJD cases with possible environmental or unusual sources of infection. Increase the autopsy rate of suspected CJD cases Only pathologic review of brain tissue can confirm the diagnosis and distinguish between classic and variant forms of CJD. Currently it is estimated that only 22% (40% under age 55 and 18% age 55 and older) of all CJD cases in California are autopsied. HISTORY The California Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Surveillance Project is funded by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) through the California Emerging Infections Program (EIP) to improve the public health capacity to detect cases of CJD. In 1996, the first cases of variant CJD occurring in unusually young persons and resulting from ingestion of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE)-contaminated beef were identified in the United Kingdom. Since then, the CDC and the EIP have conducted enhanced surveillance and death certificate reviews.
GE Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease creutzfeldtjacob disease. There was a letter in my mailbox last monthabout a case of spongiform encephalopathy aka Creutzfeldt-Jacob http://www.geocities.com/SoHo/Cafe/5836/gecjd.html
Extractions: There was a letter in my mailbox last month about a case of spongiform encephalopathy a.k.a. Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease in a guy who ate squirrel brains. I should make clear, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is NOT Mad Cow Disease. MCD (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) is one of several prion diseases. A statistical excess of CJD has been seen in people who ate squirrel brains. That is, in a relatively small population there were more cases of CJD than one would expect, and the small population in question ate squirrel brains. Does this mean that squirrels have prion diseases that are contagious to humans? Shit if I know? There was no evidence that the squirrels in question had a prion disease. In fact, there's no evidence that squirrels ever get prion diseases. On the other hand, nobody has looked very closely at squirrel brains. Was this an encyclopedic blip? Who knows? With rare diseases like this, blips happen, and can be real bitches to sort out. CJD occurs in one in a million. There are approximately 250 cases of CJD in the USA per year. It would therefore not be unexpected to see a case of CJD in a human being who consumed an excessive number of squirrel brains. Indeed, it would be remarkable to NOT see any cases of CJD in squirrel brain eaters. More people than you would suspect eat squirrel brains. It is considered a delicacy. Apparently squirrel brains are very common in some parts of the country.
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease Obituary creutzfeldtjacob disease Obituary. In the Sunday May 18 New YorkTimes an obituary was published for Joanie Westie, a Big Star http://www.geocities.com/Athens/1527/cjdobit.html
Extractions: In the Sunday May 18 New York Times an obituary was published for Joanie Westie, a "Big Star in the World of Roller Derbies" who died May 10 at age 62. The interesting part is that, according to her husband, Nick Scopas, she died of a "rare brain disease", you guessed it, Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. The Times makes no further mention of the cause of death, nor does it remind its readers that this is the same disease that caused such a furor among the French when a few of their citizens died of it. The reason for the French ire was of course that scientists believe that CJ disease is linked to Mad Cow disease (bovine spongiform encephalopathy) The furor resulted in the banning of British beef from import into the EU and the collapse of the British beef industry. This was reported on the front page of the New York Times. Is it that NYT editors don't read their own articles, or are they just being loyal protectors for agri-business interests? And I also wonder if the family is aware of the CJ - Mad Cow connection? If not, may be somebody in California should tell them (or their attorney). They live in Hayward California, near San Francisco. In addition to her husband, Ms. Westie was survived by two step children - Tracy Munoz of Hayward and Nick Scopas Jr. of Manteca CA. Pure Food Campaign, 860 Highway 61, Little Marais, Minnesota 55614
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Extractions: 1 January 1999 Table of Contents Health Canada conducts active surveillance for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) through the CJD Surveillance System (CJD-SS). Information collected from the surveillance system will be used to determine if there is any risk of developing CJD as a result of receiving a blood/blood product transfusion or following tissue transplantation. As a member of an international project team, CJD-SS Canada also conducts surveillance for new variant CJD (nvCJD). To date, 48 cases reported in 1997 and 1998 have been enrolled in the study. This includes some cases that have turned out not to be CJD. Over the next several years, CJD-SS will continue to use active surveillance methods to seek out and investigate all cases of CJD occurring in Canada. Although we expect to be notified of cases primarily through neurologists, neuropathologists, and geriatricians, we ask that any physician aware of a case of CJD contact the surveillance system at our toll free number . Current information on the epidemiology of CJD in Canada is derived from published Statistics Canada mortality data for the years 1979 to 1996 (CJD was not listed as a cause of death before 1979). Overall, 421 deaths attributed to CJD were recorded in Canada in the 18-year period from 1979 to 1996, ranging from 14 to 34 per year, with a 1:1 male-to-female ratio. Eighty percent of deaths occurred in persons at least 60 years old, and 50% occurred in those 60 to 69 years of age, corresponding to the peak age of onset for sporadic-type CJD
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease creutzfeldtjacob disease. Definition creutzfeldt-jacob disease is adisorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. http://www.pennhealth.com/ency/article/000788.htm
Extractions: Disease Injury Nutrition Poison ... Prevention Definition: Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is a disorder involving rapid decrease of mental function and movement. These are abnormalities believed to be caused by damage done to the brain by a protein called a prion. This protein folds abnormally, and seems to encourage other proteins to become similarly misshapen, affecting their ability to function. Causes, incidence, and risk factors: Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is a disease which can occur sporadically (for no known reason), as a result of exposure to contaminated products. Rarely, it can be genetically inherited. The disorder itself is rare, occurring in about 1 out of 1,000,000 people. It usually first appears in midlife, beginning between ages 20 and 70, with average age at onset of symptoms being in the late 50's. However, some cases have occurred in adolescents who have received growth hormone derived from the pituitary glands of cadavers. Prions cannot be destroyed by ordinary disinfection techniques used to prevent transmission of viruses and bacteria. As a result, the hormone remains contaminated, and this exposure is believed to be responsible for the early onset of the disease in these people.
Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease creutzfeldtjacob disease. Alternative Names Transmissible TreatmentThere is no known cure for creutzfeldt-jacob disease. Custodial http://www.pennhealth.com/ency/article/000788trt.htm
Extractions: Treatment: There is no known cure for Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. Custodial care may be required early in the course of the disease. Medications may be needed to control aggressive behaviors. These include sedatives, antipsychotics, and others. The need to provide a safe environment, control aggressive or agitated behavior, and meet physiologic needs may require monitoring and assistance in the home or in an institutionalized setting. Family counseling may help in coping with the changes required for home care. Visiting nurses or aides, volunteer services, homemakers, adult protective services, and other community resources may be helpful in caring for the person with Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease. Behavior modification may be helpful, in some cases, for controlling unacceptable or dangerous behaviors. This consists of rewarding appropriate or positive behaviors and ignoring inappropriate behaviors (within the bounds of safety). Reality orientation , with repeated reinforcement of environmental and other cues, may help reduce disorientation.
Your Health Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease YOUR HEALTH creutzfeldtjacob disease What is CJD? CJD is a raredisease of the brain (one case per million people world-wide). http://www.calgaryhealthregion.ca/hlthconn/items/cjd.htm
Extractions: 'Your Health' Home 'Your Health' Topics About This Site Dictionary ... Links YOUR HEALTH: Creutzfeldt-Jacob Disease What is CJD? CJD is a rare disease of the brain (one case per million people world-wide). It was first described in the 1920's. In humans, it is causes a gradual decline in mental ability, abnormal body movement and eventual death. What causes CJD? CJD is caused by an unusual agent called a 'prion.' The nature of prions is not well understood. They appear to be the result of the normal proteins that make up our brain and nervous system changing into an abnormal shape for some reason. The reason for the change in shape is not clear. Scientists believe that it may be caused by a genetic mutation or some environmental factor. One theory suggests that, once a small number of prions enter the brain and nervous system, these prions somehow gradually force a large number of normal proteins to change into prions. Prions do not appear to divide or reproduce themselves like other infectious agents such as bacteria or viruses they seem to recruit normal brain and nervous system proteins to become prions.
Creutzfeldt-Jacob (CJD) Disease CreutzfeldtJacob (CJD), creutzfeldt-jacob disease is a rare, fataldegenerative neurologic disease with a long silent latent period. http://www.sfbb.org/Creutzfeldt.htm
Extractions: Creutzfeldt-Jacob disease is a rare, fatal degenerative neurologic disease with a long silent latent period. CJD has been transmitted from human to human by the transplantation of dura mater, the injection of pituitary-derived human growth hormone, and more rarely by the reuse of EEG electrodes and corneal transplantation. There are NO reported cases of transmission by blood transfusion. Nevertheless, due to the long incubation phase of the disease (as demonstrated by growth hormone transmissions) and the inability of conventional sterilization methods to inactivate the pathogenic agent, the risk of CJD transmission from asymptomatic donors to recipients of blood components or plasma derivatives is a theoretical possibility and is the subject of ongoing careful reassessment by transfusion specialists worldwide, the AABB and FDA. There is No possibility of contracting CJD by blood donation.
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