Just a brief review of this subject. CJD is the human form of mad cow disease. There are different types of CJD. One is the variant which is said to have caused the deaths from eating Mad Cows in England. Another more common form of CJD is Sporadic CJD. It has no known cause and is said to manifest itself "sporadically".
Well, common sense will tell us there is a cause. Common sense will also tell us that there is a very good chance that it is infectious as are other forms for transmissible spongiform disease.
Here is an article that reveals some changes apparently taking place with sporadic CJD that ought to cause concern that this deadly disease is coming from the food supply, not just random chance.
Published Date:
20 May 2009
A TWENTY-TWO-YEAR-OLD Bilsthorpe man has died from a suspected case of the incurable Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD) — better known as 'mad cow' disease.
Andrew 'Rew' Hawker died at King's Mill Hospital on 7th May after being struck down by pneumonia while he fought the degenerative neurological disorder. He was given just months to live when he was diagnosed with the brain disease in October last year.
Health experts have told his family Andrew suffered from the more common sporadic form of CJD which usually affects 45-75 year olds, but the family think tests will eventually reveal he died from variant CJD — linked to eating BSE infected meat.
CJD FACTS
Sporadic CJD: The most common form of CJD, causing fifty to sixty deaths per year in the United Kingdom. It usually affects people middle-aged and older (45-75) but has affected people in their teens and early 20. Although it the cause is unclear, this form is not thought to be linked to infected food.
Variant CJD: The form of the disease linked to BSE (mad cow disease) in cattle, and introduced to humans through infected meat. It affects younger people than the sporadic form, with the average onset age being 27.
Genentic CJD: A very rare illness caused by an inherited abnormal gene.
Latrogenic CJD: This is where CJD accidentally transmitted during the course of medical or surgical procedures.
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