Prion diseases
Prion diseases are so called "slow virus" conditions caused by misformed and contagious proteins, which act like viruses in the brain. Conditions include Mad Cow Disease in cattle and a similar disease called Creutzfeldt_Jakob disease in humans.
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Describe prion diseases?
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How common are prion diseases?
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What is the definition or description of: Prion diseases?
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Are the prion diseases going to ever cause a pandemic?
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Can you get prion diseases by eating anything other than brains?
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What are the symptoms of a prion disease?
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How can prion diseases be prevented?
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What is the most common way a person gets a prion disease?
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A 26-year old male asked:
How do i make sure i never get a prion disease? Saw something about it on tv and they look horrifying
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A 26-year old male asked:
Are prion diseases more common among people who hunt and eat what they kill? (Due to the meat not being tested for disease)
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A 28-year old male asked:
Have we gotten ahead of the game on prion diseases? Or are prion diseases likely to be major social/public health problems down the road?
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A 26-year old male asked:
Does the fact that ive ate meat from hunted deer in the past put me at risk of developing a prion disease in the future?
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A 92-year old asked:
How do I know if I am at risk for prion disease? Pet scan?
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A 35-year old asked:
I'm afraid of getting a prion disease. How can I prevent this?
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A 23-year old male asked:
I had spinal tap to check for prion diseases. During procedure blood or fluid came out, If I touched area after, could that travel to family i touched?
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A 42-year old asked:
Could organ and blood donation cause prion disease?
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Do all prion diseases predominately affect the brain or also the spinal cord and nerves?
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Medical student here, dropped my ID in an anatomy dissection room and it came into contact with objects and other people without being disinfected. I'm concerned it may transmit prion diseases if people eat, drink after touching this. This a risk?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Is it possible that Alzheimer's and many other dementias are a prion disease since the real cause has never been determined?
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Medical student here, dropped medical ID in Anatomy dissection room, it came into contact with objects and people without being disinfected. Concerned if prion disease transmission is possible if people eat, drink after touching this. This a risk?
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Med student, Dropped my ID in Anatomy dissection room and it came into contact with objects when ID was not disinfected. Very concerned about prion disease transmission to people eating, not washing their hands after exposure to this. Is it a risk??
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Dropped my ID in Anatomy dissection room, it wasn't disinfected and came into contact with objects, people who ate and drank without washing their hands after exposure to this. Very very concerned about prion disease transmission. Is it a risk? Help?
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A 21-year old male asked:
Medical student, dropped my ID in Anatomy dissection room and it came into contact with objects, people who ate and drank without washing their hands after exposure-ID not disinfected Very concerned about prion disease transmission. Is it a risk??
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A 29-year old female asked:
Prion diseases can be passed through sexual contact and through saliva. I believe someone passed me sporadic familial insomnia prions through sexual oral contact. They have every symptom and now I cant sleep and have jerks as well. Im always tired.
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A 28-year old male asked:
I have been suffering from insomnia the past 2 months. Sleep study results were normal. Does that rule out serious brain diseases e.g. a prion disease?
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A 25-year old female asked:
My clothes and underwear came in contact with raw meat , washing them with warm water (90-100 Fahrenheit which is the highest temp in my washer) in washing machine is enough? I am concerned about Prion disease and Cjd? Would you please respond?
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A 29-year old female asked:
What disease can someone give you through saliva or semen that causes CNS to be attacked as well as anxiety, depression and chronic insomnia? Can this be a prion disease? My eyes are always red and I cant sleep for nothing! I look like zombie!
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A 43-year old asked:
Is alzheimer's disease related to prions?
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A 31-year old female asked:
Can cancer or other diseases live in cremains, after cremation? I've heard bovine spongiform encephalopathy prions are said too. Anything else?
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A 41-year old female asked:
When cjd is such a rare disease, why would a doctor declare a cjd diagnosis without a biopsy? Father had seizures, false positive prion test, dementia
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