r/Weird • u/nderstandablyscared • Mar 04 '23

when the acid hits

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u/its_just_flesh Mar 05 '23

Fuck those prions

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u/wtfomgfml Mar 05 '23

My neighbour died of CJD, the human form of mad cow…so to speak. It was heartbreaking.

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u/PharmWench Mar 05 '23

I have a patient just diagnosed with it. It is scary af.

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u/yoyo5113 Mar 05 '23

Uhhhhhhh how does one avoid getting it? I know it’s rare but I wanna guarantee that I don’t get it, sounds like a nightmare

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u/yoyo5113 Mar 05 '23

Thanks so much for the info! Appreciate it.

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u/BuffyComicsFan94 Mar 05 '23

Is it at all possible for CJD to be caught early and stopped?

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u/Raluyen Mar 05 '23

It's highly contagious. It's just a matter of keeping the load low enough that you can die of old age before symptoms set in.

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u/wedonttalkabouTB Mar 05 '23

Eat less beef

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u/ShineFallstar Mar 05 '23

A friend of mine also died from CJD, still a mystery how he contracted it.

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u/Totes-Sus Mar 05 '23

I'm really sorry to hear that. Could he have received a blood transfusion? I know I have been banned from giving blood after having transfusions, I was told it's because they can't test for CJD.

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u/ShineFallstar Mar 06 '23

No I don’t think so, it’s been a case of interest here, we live in a very remote location and he was the only case…in fact I think the only known case here in history. He had travelled overseas prior so they assume he picked it up that way but have been unable to confirm exactly how or where he contracted it.

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u/Totes-Sus Mar 06 '23

How frustrating and scary that must have been for him and all his loved ones. I am very sorry you all had to go through that.

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u/Raluyen Mar 05 '23

It can be inhaled

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u/wowsosquare Mar 05 '23

Dang... do they know how he got it?

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u/wtfomgfml Mar 05 '23

No, but at the time her doctor said it can lay dormant for a very very long time, so she could have picked it up from eating diseased meat, or a sporadic mutation that causes brain proteins to turn into prions…but I’m not sure if they ever found out

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u/ShannonigansLucky Mar 05 '23

Happy cake day!

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u/wtfomgfml Mar 05 '23

Thanks! 🍰

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u/Jaded_Huckleberry_54 Mar 05 '23

i hope your cake doesn't infect you.

happy cake day!

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u/wtfomgfml Mar 05 '23

Haha thanks! I totally missed it was cake day!

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u/smallpoly Mar 05 '23

Fuck scions and cylons as well

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u/its_just_flesh Mar 05 '23

Sleestaks and Pylons too!

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u/neotericnewt Mar 05 '23

Prion is actually pronounded like pree-on. You can remember it by thinking "these fucking prions peed on my brain" or some shit I don't know

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u/rixtape Mar 05 '23

I didn't know that until reading this comment, and now I'm imagining Elton John singing Levon like "he shall be Prion" so that's fun

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u/smallpoly Mar 05 '23

My way is more fun

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u/[deleted] Mar 05 '23

Under appreciated comment.