Hunter from new York died from a rare disease once ate the brain proteins

At the annual conference of specialists in infectious diseases IDWeek doctors told about the terrible incident that happened in 2015.

A resident of the state of new York, who was fond of hunting, caught a squirrel and ate her brain. And some time later he died in terrible agony: first, he had speech problems and depressive mood, and after the careless hunter completely lost touch with reality, starting to rave.

Hunter from new York died from a rare disease once ate the brain proteins
For some time doctors were confused, while the relatives of the patient did not mention his exotic tastes. Photo: YouTube

This story was reported by a physician from medical facilities Rochester Regional Health. To them 3 years ago, I entered 61-year-old hunter from new York. The man was miserable, because he was making a radical change of consciousness, and he could not even walk.

The hospital staff quickly determined from a disease suffered by the patient. It was a disease Creutzfeldt — Jakob disease (CJD), which is also know as «mad cow disease», is a very rare infection that usually affects cattle.

The majority of the cases, when the disease was caught the person associated with the consumption of beef. However, the man from new York in that period did not eat this product. For some time doctors were confused, while the relatives of the patient did not mention his exotic tastes. They said that, as a hunter, the man repeatedly ate the brains of animals and just recently he caught a squirrel, whose gray matter soon became a part of nutritious meals.

Hunter from new York died from a rare disease once ate the brain proteins
In the period from 2013 to 2018 in the US there were only 3 cases of infection СJD, each of which ended in death. Photo: FDA

As it turned out, it is through the kind of food the new Yorker had contracted a degenerative disease. Unfortunately, doctors are unable to help patient because CJD is not treatable, and he soon died.

Talking about this incident, experts said that mad cow disease is an extremely rare disease. In the period from 2013 to 2018 in the US there were only 3 cases of infection СJD, each of which ended in death.

Doctors complain that often reveal the disease is possible only at a late stage, due to which there is a high risk of contamination of medical equipment used for examination of the patient.

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