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| Images showing Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. Source: Kallenger et al. (2006). |
By Gundhramns Hammer
Dr. Colm Kelleher´s investigations on the relationship of Alzheimer´s disease (AD) and Mad Cow Disease (Bovine spongiform encephalopathy) or Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) exposed on his book "Brain Trust: The Hidden Connection Between Mad Cow and Misdiagnosed Alzheimer's Disease in 2005 are as relevant today as they were yesterday.
AD, MCD and CJD are transmissible spongiform encephalopathies or prionic diseases characterized by the accumulation of great quantities of abnormal prionic protein, usually referred to as PrPsc, and as a result - as the name spongiform implies - the brain is turned into a sort of sponge, i.e. full of holes.
These matters get complicated when you consider that what some physicians diagnose as one thing may turn out to be something else. This is the case with Alzheimer´s disease.
Some researchers have evidence that some patients that have Alzheimer´s disease may be cases of misdiagnosed prionic diseases.
For example, Fabiano Marin et al., (2008) reported a case of CJD that was firstly clinically diagnosed as Dementia with Lewis Bodies (DLB).
For example, Fabiano Marin et al., (2008) reported a case of CJD that was firstly clinically diagnosed as Dementia with Lewis Bodies (DLB).
DLB is a "dementia syndrome associated to parkinsonism with little response to L-DOPA, cognitive fluctuations, visual hallucinations, and hypersensitivity to neuroleptics", according to Fabiano Marin et al. (2008).
In other words, your grandpa diagnosed to be suffering from Alzheimer´s disease may be a case of mad cow!
Here is Dr. Colm Kelleher talking about this problem (Video 1):
Video 1. An interview to Dr. Colm Kelleher discussing mad cow disease and misdiagnosed Alzheimer´s disease in 2004. Uploaded by talkingsticktv.
Mon Capitaine, what the fuck is going on here?
Mon ami, these diseases are dangerous and, for the most part, are chiefly linked to eating or cannibilising prion contaminated meats.
Mon ami, these diseases are dangerous and, for the most part, are chiefly linked to eating or cannibilising prion contaminated meats.
So you should stick to your veggies. And stay away from any product that may contain animal by-products (e.g., bone meal, plasma meal, blood meal, gels, etc.) At least the edible ones!
Mon dieu!
Mon dieu!
References
Fabiano Marin L., Carvalho Felício A., Bernardi Bichuetti D., Celso dos Santos W.A., Rodrigues Borges L., Parissi Buainain R. & Bllalai Ferraz H. (2008). Clinical Findings in Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Mimicking Dementia with Lewis Bodies. Arq. Neuropsichiatr., 66 (3-B): 741-743.
Kallenberg K., Schulz-Schaeffer W.J., Jastrow U., Poser S., Meissner B., Tschamp H.J., Zerr I. & Knauth M. (2006). Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Comparative Analysis of MR Imaging Sequences. Am. J. Neuroradiol., 27: 1459-1462.
Nollet L.M.L. & Toldrá F. (Eds.) (2011): Handbook of Analysis of Edible Animal By-Products. CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, Boca Raton, FL, USA. 448 pp.
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