What Is CJD?
6. Complications
The symptoms already mentioned will progress to the point where they are severe. Patients with vCJD in particular will develop increasingly severe problems with their cognitive ability. Unfortunately, the worst is yet to come and many patients will slip into a coma.
As the brain continues to lose its abilities, so other organs in the body will also be affected. Respiratory failure and heart failure are common, and the patient will become more prone to infections like pneumonia. Within 12 months or so of having contracted CJD, the patient will die. It takes a little longer for those with vCJD to die.
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