Question 1

what happens to people who get mad cow disease?

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Dementia: Mad cow disease in humans is typically referred to cruzfeld jacob disease symptoms is are a rapidly progressive dementia and jerking movements.

Question 2

do people get mad cow disease?

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Yes: Not mad cow disease but something with similar features in which a peculiar infection damages the brain. The two most widely known are crutzfeld-jacob and scrapie.

Question 3

how does a person get mad cow disease?

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More research: "mad cow disease" is also known as bovine spongiform encephalopathy (bse) -- the human variant is called  variant creuzfeldt-jakob disease.  The transmissible agent seems to be an abnormal protein found on cell surfaces called a "prion".  But eating infected nerve tissue is not necessarily needed, because both meat-eaters and vegetarians have died of creuzfeldt -jakob disease. More to be learned.

Question 4

how likely is it for someone to get mad cow disease nowadays?

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Not common: It occurs in 1 in a million individuals.
More info on mad cow (the human version):
http://www.Ncbi.Nlm.Nih.Gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0001792/.

Question 5

can you get mad cow disease by eating meat from the usa? can you still get mad cow disease even if the meat is cooked?

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Yes/yes: Although rare, it is possible to acquire a prion disease similar to mad cow from eating meat contaminated with infected brain tissue. Prions are different than viruses, bacteria, and fungi in that they can survive heat. Extremely high heat or strong chemicals are needed to kill/destroy prions.

Question 6

could you get mad cow disease by eating any beef from an infected cow?

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Remotely possible: The human version of mad cow disease  (vcjd) may be caused by eating beef products contaminated with central nervous system tissue from infected cattle.  The usda requires all brain and spinal cord materials be removed from older cattle and any showing signs of neurological problems.  Cdc says there are no cases of vcjd in usa. There's a rare sporadic form not linked to eating neuro tissue, tho'.

Question 7

can you get mad cow disease from the gelatin in altoids or vitamins?

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No: Mad cow disease is transmitted by infectious proteins.  If mad cow disease was transmitted in such a fashion don't you think that there would be an epidemic of people with the disease?  In any event if there were protein such as these in those products they would be deactivated in the manufacturing process.

Question 8

can you get mad cow disease from eating beef broth or soup made from beef bones?

Accepted Answer

No: Almost anything is possible, but you're probably ten time more likely to be struck and killed by a piece of space debris.

Question 9

how do humans get affected by mad cow disease?

Accepted Answer

Dementia...: Mad cow disease is called creutzfeldt-jakob disease or spongiform encephalopathy in humans. It is contracted by exposure to infected animal, typically by injestion. Clinical features vary but severe cases present with feature of rapidly worsening dementia.

Question 10

what are the ways to get tested for mad cow disease?

Accepted Answer

BRAIN BIOPSY: Mad cow disease can be diagnosed by doing brain biopsy  
no blood tests are available to diagnose mad cow disease.

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