Re: Possibly exposed to Creutzfeldt-

[Guest guest]

Interesting you should mention CJD. It's been reported in the medical

literature that CJD can masquerade as DLB. Typically one day to distinguish

them is that CJD is very fast progressing: people live less than 2 years after

diagnosis.

I help people around the US accomplish brain donation. One DLB case I helped

with in the mid-west ended up being CJD upon brain autopsy. This was a surprise

to everyone because the gentleman had not declined quickly as with most CJD

cases.

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> I haven't posted in this group in years, and I know this is not about LBD, but

I thought it might help someone, sometime, to be aware of this. Let's hope the

warning is only that, and that no one becomes a C-J victim due to it.

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[Guest guest]

So, if you're going to have brain surgery (not so far fetched because my

tremors are getting to that level), it is wise to be scheduled for the

first surgery of the day...

Kate

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> I haven't posted in this group in years, and I know this is not about LBD,

> but I thought it might help someone, sometime, to be aware of this. Let's

> hope the warning is only that, and that no one becomes a C-J victim due to

> it.

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http://charlotte.cbslocal.com/2012/07/31/hospital-warns-patients-they-may-have-b\

een-exposed-to-fatal-brain-disease/

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> " COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Eleven patients who had brain surgery at a

> Greenville hospital are being warned they might have been exposed to a

> rare, fatal brain disease.

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> A patient who had surgery in February at the Greenville Hospital System

> was later diagnosed with Creutzfeldt- disease, potentially exposing

> the 11 people who had surgery afterward, the hospital said Tuesday.

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> Workers sterilized the instruments after every surgery, but the Centers

> for Disease Control and Prevention recommends additional cleaning if

> Creutzfeldt- "

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> (continued at link)

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Kate Knapp

UMN - OIT

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Sally Ride (first American woman in space)