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 are the symptoms of sporadic cjd?

CJD: Creutzfeldt-jakob disease cjd in sporadic cjd, the disease appears even though the person has no known risk factors for the disease. This is by far the most common type of cjd and accounts for at least 85 percent of cases.

Q: what are the risk factors for sporadic cjd?

None known: Only about 200 cases per year in the US. Other than aging, it's hard to pinpoint specific risk factors. Other forms of CJD may be hereditary or transmitted through tissue transplantation or ingesting infected meat ("mad cow disease").

Q: what are the first symptoms of cjd disease?

Mental deterioration: Mental deterioration as manifest by dementia, behavioral changes and decline in higher cortical functions (concentration, judgement) can occur early and progress rapidly. Often patients will also have myoclonus (uncontrollable jerking of muscles).

Question 1

is cjd airborne?

Accepted Answer

No: Most cases of cjd are sporadic.  Cjd may be transmitted through organ transplant or contaminated instruments used in surgery.  Variant cjd, also called mad cow disease may be acquired through eating of beef from affected bovine.

Question 2

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 3

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 4

who can get familial cjd?

Accepted Answer

Parent to child: Creutzfeldt-jakob disease, or cjd, is a disease similar to mad cow disease and is caused by a miss-folded protein in your brain. Unlike other forms of the disease, cjd is thought to be familial, being passed from parent to child, in about 10% of cases.

Question 5

how common is classic cjd?

Accepted Answer

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

Question 6

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 7

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 8

what are the symptoms of sporadic cjd?

Accepted Answer

CJD: Creutzfeldt-jakob disease cjd 
in sporadic cjd, the disease appears even though the person has no known risk factors for the disease. This is by far the most common type of cjd and accounts for at least 85 percent of cases.

Question 9

what are the risk factors for sporadic cjd?

Accepted Answer

None known: Only about 200 cases per year in the US. Other than aging, it's hard to pinpoint specific risk factors. Other forms of CJD may be hereditary or transmitted through tissue transplantation or ingesting infected meat ("mad cow disease").

Question 10

what are the first symptoms of cjd disease?

Accepted Answer

Mental deterioration: Mental deterioration as manifest by dementia, behavioral changes and decline in higher cortical functions (concentration, judgement) can occur early and progress rapidly.  Often patients will also have myoclonus (uncontrollable jerking of muscles).

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