Question 1

creutzfeldt-jakob disease affects what body system?

Accepted Answer

Brain: Prions, which causes cjd, infects the central nervous system mainly the brain.

Question 2

what is iatrogenic creutzfeldt-jakob disease (cjd)?

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Caused by hospital: Cjd is iatrogenic if the agent which causes the disease, called a prion, is transmitted using contaminated medical instruments or materials.  They can contaminate neurosurgical instruments used on the brain of people with the disease.  Exposed instruments need very unique sterilization procedures, so rare cases have been reported where the instruments remained contaminated and disease transmitted.

Question 3

can i get creutzfeldt-jakob disease from medical procedures?

Accepted Answer

Probably not: 4 cases linked to neurosurgical equipment and 2 from eeg depth electrodes. No equipment related cases since 1976 when specialized sterilization techniques were introduced. Other sources of transmission (244 cases) have included human growth hormone, and corneal & dura mater grafts.

http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/dvrd/cjd/qa_cjd_infection_control.htm.

Question 4

are there acute and chronic forms of creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

Accepted Answer

No: This is an awful and fortunately extremely rare form of a deadly disease. Cjd is thought to be caused by a protein called a prion. The long and short of it....There is no cure.

Question 5

what are the symptoms of creutzfeldt-jakob disease that you might first see?

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Variable: The symptoms of cjd can be quite varied, making it difficult to diagnose. Symptoms can include impaired coordination, judgment, memory, vision or thinking, or personality changes. There can also be insomnia, depression or unusual sensations. 
 The symptoms would always be progressive if caused by cjd.

Question 6

how high does a cooking temperature have to be to kill creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

Accepted Answer

No temp is ok: Creutzfeldt jacob disease is transmitted by a small agent called a prion which is an abnormal protein which can replicate by changing the structure of protein like it when ingested. It is not destroyed by the normal temperatures used in cooking or even sterilizing, and therefore the disease can not be prevented in this fashion.

Question 7

can creutzfeldt-jakob disease be found by blood tests?

Accepted Answer

No: Diagnosis is made by clinical history and the exclusion of other potential look alikes.  Brain biopsy is the gold standard, but this is clearly to be avoided.  Diagnosis supported by MRI findings, CSF 14-3-3 protein and eeg findings.

Question 8

can encephalitis be caused by creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

Accepted Answer

No: Creutzfeldt-jakob disease is a rare degenerative brain disease, and is not considered to be encephalitis, rather an encephalopathy.

Question 9

creutzfeldt-jakob disease?  mad cow?  are they the same?

Accepted Answer

They are related.: Cjd and mad cow are prion disorders. Prion diseases are caused by misfolding of the prion protein. The misfolded protein is capable of inducing the normal form of the prion protein to misfold as well. In typical cjd the misfolded protein is human prion protein. In mad cow disease misfolded protein is bovine prion, which causes disease in cattle and can cause misfolding of human prion protein too.

Question 10

what is difference between vcjd and creutzfeldt-jakob disease?

Accepted Answer

Presentation: The clinical presentations are similar except varient-creutzfeldt-jakob disease occurs in youger adults and is not as aggressive.

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