Q: how common is classic cjd?

<1:million: It occurs in less one person per million per year.

Q: is cjd reportable where i live?

Reporting CJD diseas: Creutzfeldt-jakob disease (cjd) is a reportable disease is all 50 states when the diagnosis is made. The problem is that it is a very difficult diagnosis to make since it presents slowly and insidiously years after the exposure to infected food.

Q: is cjd be transmitted thru the air?

NO: Creutzfeld jacob disease , a fatal very rare neurological infective disorder is transmitted by tissue transplantation or ingestion of the infected material (a prion ).

Q: what types of research is being done for cjd?

A prion disease: The human prion diseases occur in inherited, acquired, and sporadic forms. Inherited cjd associates with coding mutations in the prnp gene. Acquired prion diseases include iatrogenic cjd, kuru, variant cjd in humans, scrapie in sheep, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse) in cattle. Variant cjd is believed to be acquired from cattle infected with bse. However, the majority of human cases of p.

Q: in what way can cjd be transmitted from person to person?

Cannibalism: "kuru" was transmitted in this way and became an epidemic among the fore people of new guinea. It has also been transmitted on surgical instruments, by organ transplant, and more recently probably by blood transfusion. Tissue is infectious so we do not like to handle it in the lab. A person with cjd poses no danger to caregivers.

Q: what are some things that increase the risk of cjd transmission?

Unclear question: Classic cjd is transmitted through contamination of one's tissues with the neural tissue of an affected person, usually through surgery or tissue transplants. Cjd is a rare disease.

Q: can you diagnose somebody's cjd years and years before anything happens?

No: There are no known diagnostic tests to show transmission of cjd prior to the onset of symptoms.

Q: what is the treatment for cjd?

No curative tx: Current treatment for cjd is aimed at alleviating symptoms and making the individual as comfortable as possible. Opiate drugs can help relieve pain if it occurs, and the drugs Clonazepam and sodium valproate may help relieve myoclonus. During later stages of the disease, changing the person’s position frequently can keep him or her comfortable and helps prevent bedsores. Foley cath, ivfluids, supp.

Question 1

how is cjd diagnosed?

Accepted Answer

If CJD=....: Creutzfeldt-jakob disease, then a brain biopsy is the only manner in which the typical spongiform changes seen in cjd can be definitively diagnosed.  Eeg and MRI are very helpful in finding patterns typical for cjd; however, other more common causes for dementia need to be ruled out before cjd can be considered.  Prions, proteins that aggregate in the brain in cjd, are thought to cause the diease.

Question 2

how is cjd transmitted?

Accepted Answer

Various: There are at least 2 forms.  Classic and new variant.  Classic includes sporatic and familial) sporadic - which it is unknown but usually occurs later in life.  Familial- which is passed genetically.  Variant- mostly contamination (small percentage- ie contaminated medical instruments or eating contaminated foods).

Question 3

how common is classic cjd?

Accepted Answer

<1:million: It occurs in less one person per million per year.

Question 4

is cjd reportable where i live?

Accepted Answer

Reporting CJD diseas: Creutzfeldt-jakob disease (cjd) is a reportable disease is all 50 states when the diagnosis is made. The problem is that it is a very difficult diagnosis to make since it presents slowly and insidiously years after the exposure to infected food.

Question 5

is cjd be transmitted thru the air?

Accepted Answer

NO: Creutzfeld jacob disease , a fatal very rare neurological infective disorder is transmitted by tissue transplantation or ingestion of the infected material (a prion ).

Question 6

what types of research is being done for cjd?

Accepted Answer

A prion disease: The human prion diseases occur in inherited, acquired, and sporadic forms. Inherited cjd associates with coding mutations in the prnp gene. Acquired prion diseases include iatrogenic cjd, kuru, variant cjd in humans, scrapie in sheep, and bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse) in cattle. Variant cjd is believed to be acquired from cattle infected with bse. However, the majority of human cases of p.

Question 7

in what way can cjd be transmitted from person to person?

Accepted Answer

Cannibalism: "kuru" was transmitted in this way and became an epidemic among the fore people of new guinea. It has also been transmitted on surgical instruments, by organ transplant, and more recently probably by blood transfusion. Tissue is infectious so we do not like to handle it in the lab. A person with cjd poses no danger to caregivers.

Question 8

what are some things that increase the risk of cjd transmission?

Accepted Answer

Unclear question: Classic cjd is transmitted through contamination of one's tissues with the neural tissue of an affected person, usually through surgery or tissue transplants.  Cjd is a rare disease.

Question 9

can you diagnose somebody's cjd years and years before anything happens?

Accepted Answer

No: There are no known diagnostic tests to show transmission of cjd prior to the onset of symptoms.

Question 10

what is the treatment for cjd?

Accepted Answer

No curative tx: Current treatment for cjd is aimed at alleviating symptoms and making the individual as comfortable as possible. Opiate drugs can help relieve pain if it occurs, and the drugs Clonazepam and sodium valproate may help relieve myoclonus. During later stages of the disease, changing the person’s position frequently can keep him or her comfortable and helps prevent bedsores. Foley cath, ivfluids, supp.

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