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A man died after developing a rare and deadly infectious disease after ingesting the brain of a squirrel – a deadly disease equated with mad cow disease.
61-year-old New York man was taken to hospital after having trouble thinking, losing touch with reality and not walking alone, according to a case report presented at the infectious diseases forum last week.
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A man died after developing a rare and deadly infectious disease after ingesting the brain of a squirrel, equated with mad cow disease. Source: Getty
The patient's family told the doctors that he was a savvy hunter who had recently eaten the squirrel's brain.
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She uncovered the case of 2015 by compiling a report of cases of illness seen at her hospital over a five-year period, which she presented on October 4 at IDWeek, an annual meeting of infectious disease professionals.
Symptoms of CJD usually begin to appear around the age of 60 and include depression, anxiety, memory loss, personality changes, impaired thinking, difficulty swallowing and difficulty speaking.
Mental deterioration is rapid and usually occurs a few months after the consumption of contaminated meat.
Many patients fall into a coma and about 70% die within a year. There is no treatment or treatment for the disease.
Doctors at Rochester Regional Health, who drafted the report, said they were shocked by the fact that four of the rare suspected cases of CJD were presented between November 2017 and April 2018.
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