Microbiology for Surgical Technologists (MindTap Course List)
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The disease from which patient possibly be suffering.
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Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a degenerative brain disease, which may lead to dementia and, finally death. Signs and symptoms include Alzheimer's, anxiety, insomnia, depression, impaired thinking, and blurred vision. CJD develops in three ways, includes sporadically, by inheritance, and by contamination.
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