{"product_id":"2940154620335","title":"Mad Cow Disease In Humans, A Simple Guide To The Condition, Diagnosis, Treatment And Related Conditions","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis book describes Mad Cow Disease in humans, Diagnosis and Treatment and Related Diseases\u003cbr\u003eEver since the first TV and newspaper pictures of Mad Cow Disease with cows falling on their legs and foaming at the mouth appear in 1990s, many people in Singapore and worldwide have been fearful of taking beef.\u003cbr\u003eEven the popular Bovril extract made of beef has its ingredients of beef changed to vegetables\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMad Cow Disease or Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) is an infectious disease caused by prions that affect the brains of cattle.\u003cbr\u003eWhen humans eat diseased tissue from cattle, they may form the human form of mad cow disease known as variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD) or new variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (nvCJD).\u003cbr\u003eCreutzfeldt-Jakob disease in the classic form normally happens in older people either through an inherited tendency of the brain to change or the disease happens naturally for no apparent reason.\u003cbr\u003eThe form diagnosed as occurring from eating diseased cattle happens in younger people and has abnormal medical features, with outstanding psychiatric or sensory symptoms at the time of medical presentation and delayed start of neurological abnormalities.\u003cbr\u003eThese neurological abnormalities are:\u003cbr\u003e1. Ataxia within weeks or months,\u003cbr\u003e2. Dementia (loss of memory and confusion) and\u003cbr\u003e3. Myoclonus late in the illness,\u003cbr\u003e4. A duration of illness of at least six months, and\u003cbr\u003e5. A diffusely abnormal non-diagnostic electroencephalogram.\u003cbr\u003eThe transmissible causes that produce the disease in both cattle and humans are atypical protein particles called prions.\u003cbr\u003ePrions are not like bacteria or viruses that cause other infectious diseases; rather, they are considered infectious abnormal proteins that are able to induce abnormal folding of specific normal cellular proteins.\u003cbr\u003eThe abnormal prions are found in the brain, spinal cord, eye (in the retina), and other tissues of the nervous system of affected animals or humans\u003cbr\u003eAll prion diseases are fatal.\u003cbr\u003eAnimals and humans who develop a prion disease will die of it.\u003cbr\u003eThere is no effective treatment\u003cbr\u003eSymptoms\u003cbr\u003eInfected adult cattle may develop signs of the disease slowly.\u003cbr\u003eIt may take from two to eight years from the time an animal becomes infected until it first shows signs of disease\u003cbr\u003eSimilar symptoms may develop in humans: muscle spasms, lack of muscle control, worsening problems with memory.\u003cbr\u003eDoctors found psychiatric symptoms in early stages of the disease.\u003cbr\u003eThese included depression, withdrawal, anxiety, and trouble sleeping.\u003cbr\u003eWithin four months of the disease onset, those affected developed poor memory and an unsteady gait.\u003cbr\u003eOther symptoms:\u003cbr\u003e1. Dementia that gets worse quickly over a few weeks\u003cbr\u003e2. Blurred vision\u003cbr\u003e3. Personality changes\u003cbr\u003e4. Confusion, disorientation\u003cbr\u003e5. Hallucinations\u003cbr\u003e6. Lack of coordination (stumbling and falling)\u003cbr\u003e7. Nervous, jumpy feelings\u003cbr\u003eDiagnosis:\u003cbr\u003eEarly in the CJD disease, the doctor performing a nervous system and mental examination will reveal memory and thinking disorders\u003cbr\u003eLater in the disease, a motor system examination may show:\u003cbr\u003eAbnormal reflexes or increased normal reflex responses\u003cbr\u003eIncreased muscle tone\u003cbr\u003eMuscle twitching and spasms\u003cbr\u003eStrong startle response\u003cbr\u003eWeakness and loss of muscle tissue\u003cbr\u003eLoss of coordination\u003cbr\u003eMRI and CT scan of brain\u003cbr\u003eElectroencephalogram (EEG)\u003cbr\u003eSpinal tap to test for a protein called 14-3-3\u003cbr\u003eBrain biopsy\u003cbr\u003eTreatment:\u003cbr\u003eThere is no known cure for this disease\u003cbr\u003eThe doctor will provide medicines to ease symptoms:\u003cbr\u003eAntibiotics\u003cbr\u003eDrugs for epilepsy\u003cbr\u003eAntidepressants\u003cbr\u003eInterferon\u003cbr\u003eMedicines can help control aggression\u003cbr\u003eAll prion diseases cause death\u003cbr\u003eThe progress from symptoms to diagnosis to death may be quick from 8 to 24 months\u003cbr\u003eDeath is due to infection, heart failure, pneumonia\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTABLE OF CONTENT\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1 Mad Cow Disease\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2 Causes\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3 Symptoms\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4 Diagnosis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5 Treatment\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6 Prognosis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7 Encephalitis\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8 Subarachnoid Hemmorhage\u003cbr\u003eEpilogue\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kenneth Kee","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47076514234608,"sku":"2940154620335","price":2.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940154620335_p0.jpg?v=1764073045","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940154620335","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}