Mad Cow Disease
Alternate Names : Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy, New Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, New Variant CJD
What are the signs and symptoms of the disease?
NvCJD may take 5 to 10 years to develop after a person has
been exposed to the BSE prion. It has different symptoms from the classic
form of Cretuzfeldt-Jakob disease. Early in the course of the disease,
the person may have psychiatric disorders and altered sensations. Later,
the person can develop difficulty walking, which is called ataxia. Muscle
spasms and dementia show up late in the illness. There may also be
visual impairments, paralysis, and
sleep disorders.
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