Symptoms:
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease is marked by rapid mental deterioration, usually within a few months. Initial signs and symptoms typically include:
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Personality changes
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Anxiety
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Depression
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Memory loss
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Impaired thinking
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Blurred vision or blindness
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Insomnia
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Difficulty speaking
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Difficulty swallowing
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Sudden, jerky movements
As the disease progresses, mental symptoms worsen. Most people eventually lapse into a coma. Heart failure, respiratory failure, pneumonia or other infections are generally the cause of death. Death usually occurs within a year.
As the disease progresses, mental symptoms worsen. Most people eventually lapse into a coma. Heart failure, respiratory failure, pneumonia or other infections are generally the cause of death. Death usually occurs within a year.
"Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease." Symptoms. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.
Signs:
A number of subtypes of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) exist, all with slight variations in signs and symptoms. Yet the various forms of the disease are more alike than they are different, and everyone affected by CJD must eventually contend with serious mental and physical problems. Typical first symptoms include personality changes like anxiety and depression, memory loss, confusion and impaired thinking. Difficulties with balance and coordination as well as involuntary, jerking movements are also very common. People eventually lose the ability to move and speak. Pneumonia and other infections often occur in these patients and can lead to death.
"Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD)." Signs and Symptoms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease. Web. 15 Dec. 2015.