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Most CJD is not caused by ingesting meat, but rather are spontaneous. You can develop CJD spontaneously.
by iammisc 5y ago
Most CJD is not caused by ingesting meat, but rather are spontaneous. You can develop CJD spontaneously.
- max-ibel 5y agocitation ?
- geenew 5y agoThe article we're discussing mentions that.
- max-ibel 5y agoWithout citation, sure. The citations here are great, thanks.
- iammisc 5y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_disease https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Creutzfeldt%E2%80%93Jakob_dise... Classification section, quote: Sporadic (sCJD), caused by the spontaneous misfolding of prion-protein in an individual.[20] This accounts for 85% of cases of CJD.[56] Familial (fCJD), caused by an inherited mutation in the prion-protein gene.[55] This accounts for the majority of the other 15% of cases of CJD.[56] Acquired CJD, caused by contamination with tissue from an infected person, usually as the result of a medical procedure (iatrogenic CJD). Medical procedures that are associated with the spread of this form of CJD include blood transfusion from the infected person, use of human-derived pituitary growth hormones, gonadotropin hormone therapy, and corneal and meningeal transplants.[55][56][57] Variant Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease (vCJD) is a type of acquired CJD potentially acquired from bovine spongiform encephalopathy or caused by consuming food contaminated with prions.[55][58]
- aj3 5y agoSporadic CJD is diagnosis of exclusion. That it happens spontaneously is a hypothesis, there might be root cause(s) that we simply don't know yet.