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22-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT NVCJD PORTSMOUTH WOMAN DIES
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<blockquote data-quote="flounder" data-source="post: 524854" data-attributes="member: 3519"><p>State tests will seek cause of Portsmouth woman's death</p><p></p><p>Posted to: Health and Fitness News Portsmouth</p><p></p><p>By Nancy Young</p><p>The Virginian-Pilot</p><p>© April 10, 2008</p><p>PORTSMOUTH</p><p></p><p>It will be several months before the Virginia Department of Health can</p><p>determine whether a young woman who died Wednesday had a rare brain disorder</p><p>that has been linked to mad cow disease.</p><p></p><p>Health department officials emphasized today that they were looking into a</p><p>range of disorders.</p><p></p><p>The 22-year-old womaState tests will seek cause of Portsmouth woman's</p><p>deathn, identified in media reports as Aretha Vinson, died Wednesday at Bon</p><p>Secours Maryview Medical Center.</p><p></p><p>She had been suffering from encephalopathy, a degenerative brain condition</p><p>that can be caused by "infections, lack of oxygen to the brain, liver</p><p>failure, kidney failure, toxic exposures, metabolic diseases, brain tumors,</p><p>increased intracranial pressure and poor nutrition," said Dr. Karen Remley,</p><p>state health commissioner, in a written statement this afternoon. "Further</p><p>testing is the only way to know what caused this illness."</p><p></p><p>The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of</p><p>Virginia will be among those analyzing test results, which could take</p><p>several months.</p><p></p><p>One possibility is a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, known as vCJD , a</p><p>rare degenerative brain disorder that has been linked to consumption of</p><p>contaminated beef.</p><p></p><p>The disease is not spread through casual contact from person to person and</p><p>is thought to have an incubation period of 10 years or more.</p><p></p><p>There are also other forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, known as CJD, that</p><p>are unrelated to beef consumption. State officials said they will look into</p><p>those as well.</p><p></p><p>According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke,</p><p>Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease strikes about 200 people a year in the United</p><p>States. The most common forms of the disease have no known cause or are</p><p>linked to a genetic mutation. Fewer than 1 percent of cases are linked to</p><p>medical procedures.</p><p></p><p>To date, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recorded three</p><p>cases in the United States of the variant that has been linked to mad cow</p><p>disease. In two of the cases, the people were born and raised in Great</p><p>Britain – which has seen the most cases – before moving to this country. The</p><p>third person had recently moved from Saudi Arabia .</p><p></p><p>Nancy Young, (757) 446-2947, <a href="mailto:nancy.young@pilotonline.com">nancy.young@pilotonline.com</a></p><p></p><p><a href="http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/state-tests-will-seek-cause-portsmouth-womans-death" target="_blank">http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/state-t ... mans-death</a></p><p></p><p></p><p>THIS case will be anything but nvCJD. how could it be? the victim never left</p><p>the USA, and the USA does not have BSE $$$ ...TSS</p><p></p><p></p><p>TSS</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flounder, post: 524854, member: 3519"] State tests will seek cause of Portsmouth woman's death Posted to: Health and Fitness News Portsmouth By Nancy Young The Virginian-Pilot © April 10, 2008 PORTSMOUTH It will be several months before the Virginia Department of Health can determine whether a young woman who died Wednesday had a rare brain disorder that has been linked to mad cow disease. Health department officials emphasized today that they were looking into a range of disorders. The 22-year-old womaState tests will seek cause of Portsmouth woman's deathn, identified in media reports as Aretha Vinson, died Wednesday at Bon Secours Maryview Medical Center. She had been suffering from encephalopathy, a degenerative brain condition that can be caused by “infections, lack of oxygen to the brain, liver failure, kidney failure, toxic exposures, metabolic diseases, brain tumors, increased intracranial pressure and poor nutrition,” said Dr. Karen Remley, state health commissioner, in a written statement this afternoon. “Further testing is the only way to know what caused this illness.” The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the University of Virginia will be among those analyzing test results, which could take several months. One possibility is a variant of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, known as vCJD , a rare degenerative brain disorder that has been linked to consumption of contaminated beef. The disease is not spread through casual contact from person to person and is thought to have an incubation period of 10 years or more. There are also other forms of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, known as CJD, that are unrelated to beef consumption. State officials said they will look into those as well. According to the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease strikes about 200 people a year in the United States. The most common forms of the disease have no known cause or are linked to a genetic mutation. Fewer than 1 percent of cases are linked to medical procedures. To date, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have recorded three cases in the United States of the variant that has been linked to mad cow disease. In two of the cases, the people were born and raised in Great Britain – which has seen the most cases – before moving to this country. The third person had recently moved from Saudi Arabia . Nancy Young, (757) 446-2947, [email=nancy.young@pilotonline.com]nancy.young@pilotonline.com[/email] [url=http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/state-tests-will-seek-cause-portsmouth-womans-death]http://hamptonroads.com/2008/04/state-t ... mans-death[/url] THIS case will be anything but nvCJD. how could it be? the victim never left the USA, and the USA does not have BSE $$$ ...TSS TSS [/QUOTE]
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