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This is something you would see on Doctor Who. A fatal brain disease that can spread by contact with the eyes. It's rare, but here's what you should know about Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease.
Sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is "a rare, incurable neurological disease characterized by a progressive decline in motor control and cognitive ability that leads, ultimately, to a comatose state and death."
Prion seeds distribute throughout the eyes of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients https://t.co/JZgnUmqmPi https://t.co/v4dgpV1qd1— mBio (@mBio) 1543017647.0
Recently scientists have noticed that the disease seeds itself throughout the eyes of patients, so a simple eye test may be able to tell if someone is suffering from the disease. We don't have that eye test yet, but we do know that this disease can spread via contact with a patient's eyes.
People with the rare and fatal brain disorder Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) show signs of the disease in their ey… https://t.co/oC5sf37yLf— Biomedical Journal (@Biomedical Journal) 1542941592.0
Researchers Say Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease May Be Transmitted by Eye Surgery https://t.co/2nM3Q6OUNK https://t.co/r6bTmtJzOG— GEN (@GEN) 1542830106.0
Prions found in eyes of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) make the eye a potential source for both early CJ… https://t.co/gS8V8d1LxQ— Viral Posts (@Viral Posts) 1542817821.0
Eyes of CJD patients show evidence of prions Eyes of CJD patients show evidence of prions National Institutes of He… https://t.co/GzW79AHTlw— IJPRSTEAM (@IJPRSTEAM) 1542793834.0
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Research suggests the eye may be a source for early diagnosis - Outbreak News Today… https://t.co/dbmITcWP3Q— Cecilia Murillo (@Cecilia Murillo) 1542742684.0
It can take up to 30 years for symptoms to present once prions are transmitted, but once they do, it's often only a few months until death.
"Surgeons could unknowingly contaminate their instruments with prions," wrote Christina Sigurdson, a pathologist at the University of California, San Diego, in a new piece of research testing the accuracy of a possible eye test. She also implied that researchers, going forward, would be testing the tears of sJCD patients, in order to see if the prions would be possible to transmit via crying.
Prions found in eyes of sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD) make the eye a potential source for both early CJ… https://t.co/hRgqq6h0dt— Audio, Images & Text (@Audio, Images & Text) 1542818073.0
Uh-oh: The #prions that cause CJD may transmit via eyes. "Prion seeds were also present in the optic nerve, extraoc… https://t.co/mO2iILHj3K— Laurie Garrett (@Laurie Garrett) 1542816408.0
New infoEyes of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease patients show evidence of prions https://t.co/ndfATH9UYv https://t.co/HPKnx1kAvR— Official akun (@Official akun) 1542798846.0
Tomorrow, 11/14, is my birthday. My new annual bday request is a $14 donation to the Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease Foun… https://t.co/i0cElgkhJc— Jen (@Jen) 1542138023.0
A new study suggests that sporadic Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (sCJD), the most common prion disease in people which… https://t.co/uKYaTI6puB— α∂нυнαм αнмє∂ (@α∂нυнαм αнмє∂) 1542781695.0
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is basically mad cow disease for humans. It happens often when eating human flesh. That m… https://t.co/nGAgxHXFGP— Hector Sen3.14 (@Hector Sen3.14) 1542247955.0
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease may occur spontaneously, be inherited, or be transmitted by contact with infected tissue,… https://t.co/WIfn228LQD— 2muchinFLAMation (@2muchinFLAMation) 1542664178.0
Researchers @UCSDMedSchool w/@NIH and @UCSF find infectious prions throughout eyes of patients w/deadly sporadic Cr… https://t.co/gs3yFT1Jj6— UC San Diego Health (@UC San Diego Health) 1542732330.0
The easiest way to stay safe is simply switching equipment from patient to patient, which would require safe equipment disposal. Currently, the only way to detect the disease is through spinal tap, which doctors are hoping will not be the case in a few years.
"[This test] really suggests we could develop a diagnostic, eye-based assay," Sigurdson said.
Judge approves treatment for 'mad cow-like' Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease https://t.co/T8EmvrTHC4— Sky News (@Sky News) 1539071232.0
The closer scientists come to understanding the functionality of the fatal disease, the sooner it looks like they can get to work on some sort of cure. Currently there is no cure or effective treatment, and deterioration is sudden and quick.
H/T: IFL Science, Gizmodo