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Published on Nov 18, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
MAD COW DISEASE
BY: MAGGIE OATRIDGE
NATURE OF DISEASE
- Comes from infected cows
- Also from infected tools
WHAT'S THE CAUSE?
- Comes from eating beef that has been infected
- It gets infected when the cow had mad cow disease before death
- Also comes from being exposed to infected human tissue
- A few have developed it from contaminated instruments
HOW TO PREVENT
AVOID EATING MEET THAT WAS CONTAMINATED
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE AFFECTED
250-300 PEOPLE ANNUALLY GET THIS DISEASE
HOW BAD IS THE DISEASE
- Is it fatal?
- Yes, by the time you have been diagnosed it is usually too late
- Almost everyone who has been diagnosed die.
- Spread inSlovakia, Chile, Italy & among populations of Libyan
- Spread to these populations with Sephardic migrations expelled from Spain
INTERESTING FACTS
- Also called creudtzfeldt-Jakob disease
- First described by German neurologist
- Also founded by Alfonso Maria Jakob, giving it the name
- In 2010, 400 people were killed with this disease
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LIFE CYCLE
- Gets into your brain cells and causes sponge-like holes in brain
- If you we're cut by a surgical tool it begins where the cut took place and gets into brain
- Takes up to 13 months to kill
- Insomnia,depression, confusion, personality & behavioral changes
- Once far enough you will begin to rapidly develop dementia
HOW DOES THE IMMUNE SYSTEM RESPOND?
- Affects brain which causes neurological problems such as;
- Insomnia
- Depression
- Confusion
- Personality & behavioral changes
DIAGNOSES
- Doctors don't really have a diagnosis for mad cow disease
- Usually when they have diagnosed you, you are close to death
- As it progresses the person rapidly develops dementia
- Also develops involuntary jerking called myoclonus
HOW TO TREAT
THERE IS NO KNOWN CURE OR TREATMENT
