Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Expert Explains This Rare And Complex Brain Disorder

What Is Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: Know More About This Rare Disease

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Horrors on Instagram: "Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease is one of the most terrifying illnesses known to medicine — a rare, fatal brain disorder caused not by bacteria or viruses, but by misfolded proteins called prions. Once these prions enter the brain, they trigger a chain reaction that destroys healthy tissue, leaving behind microscopic holes that give the brain a sponge-like appearance. There’s no cure, no treatment to slow it down, and it can strike with almost no warning. The first signs are sub