Maybe three or four years ago a magazine out of Detroit, ( I think,)
In These Times reported on two small studies of people who had died
of Alzheimers. Autopsies revealed that in one study 3% actually had
CJD and in the other study I believe it was 13%. Given the number of
people thought to be suffering from Alzheimers the numbers for
CJD/nvCJD may be orders of magnitude higher than currently estimated.


On Wed, 31 Dec 2003 03:25:53 -0000, Doctor Artaud
wrote:

JJ wrote in
:


Years ago we lost a relative to ALS, another incurable disease, commonly
known as Lou Gehrig's disease. Similarly, he presented symptoms, was
misdiagnosed for some time, then the disease progressed far enough and
they ruled out everything else and finally diagnosed it.

My condolences on your brother-in-law's passing.

If I may ask, what was his age when he died? In which state, if an
American Citizen, did he live?

Dr. Artaud




My brother-in-law died last November of CJD. The symptoms began
showing up in early summer as trembling of his hands. The doctors
diagnosed everything from a small stroke to a brain tumor. Test ruled
everything out. By October he had double vision and mussle weakness.
It progressed very rapidly. Eventually a sample of spinal fluid
provided the diagnoses of CJD.
CJD, BSE, and CWD (chronic wasting disease) are very similar in that
they attack the brain and nervous system the same way.
Last year, my brother-in-law who was an avid hunter, was doing some
target practice on his farm. He set up a target in front of a bunch of
trees and bushes. When he shot, he though he saw something fall and
went to investigate and he had shot a deer that he could not see as it
was behing the target. He had the deer processed as he like venison,
he did not have it tested for CWD. I don't know and don't really think
there is a connection (these diseases usually take a long time to
develop) and the doctors said his CJD was not food related, but it
does makes one wonder.