I need info on mad cow disease?
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Bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad cow disease, is a fatal, neurodegenerative disease of cattle, which infects by a mechanism that surprised biologists on its discovery in late 20th century. While never having killed cattle on a scale comparable to other dreaded livestock diseases, such as foot and mouth and rinderpest, BSE has attracted wide attention because it seems that people can contract the disease; it is thought to be the cause of variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (vCJD), sometimes called new variant Creutzfeld-Jakob disease (nvCJD), a human brain-wasting disease
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Hmmm.\nI will go with the odds.\n137 people died in Britain in the 1990s from mad cow....and something like 60 million live there.\n\n300 million people live here....we know more about the disease...but maybe we'll see about 700 people die here over a 10 year span....about 70 people a year...or about 6 a month out of the population of 300mm.\n\nOf all the things to worry about....mad cow is WAY down there near the bottom of my list.\n\n288 people a year got hit by lightning between 1959 and 1994 according to a NASA website. Thats 4x the mad cow number....\n\nI feel pretty darn safe from mad cow......
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http://www.genetic.org/ks/scvs/tju_stdy2.htm
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Have you tried the US Dept of agriculture web site?\n\nThey have news and pictures on the home page.
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http://www.ambg.com.my/abfmy1/abfm/aboutabfmalaysia.html
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Here you go .......\n\nhttp://www.yourmedicalguide.com/Brain-Disorders/Meningitis.htm?gclid=CMmTqMHQ5IICFQF5SQodDCVVjg
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check out these sites...they should give you a good start at least:\n\nhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cow\n\nhttp://cattle-today.com/\n\nhttp://www.ansi.okstate.edu/breeds/cattle/
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http://www.emedicine.com/DERM/topic691.htm\nhttp://www.ninds.nih.gov/disorders/a_t/a-t.htm\nhttp://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/disease/ATM.html\nhttp://www.atsociety.org.uk/\n                                                                                              bye :)
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mad cow, abian flu, foot and mouth disease
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here's a site that might help you http://www.diseasesdatabase.com/ddb31745.htm
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The best site on disease is Merck Mannual. It is a trustworthy site. Do not believe everything you read on every site. Make sure it is a credible source. Merck is!
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Click on this website, it has a lot of information, about vitiligo..Good Luck..\nhttp://www.skinsite.com/info_vitiligo.htm
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go to http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/
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This should help: http://www.madsci.org/posts/archives/mar2000/953560966.Ph.r.html
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Hand-foot-and-mouth disease \n\n\n--------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nHand-foot-and-mouth disease is a mild illness caused by a virus. Symptoms of the disease include a sore mouth and small blisters that may occur in the mouth, on the palms of the hands, or on the soles of the feet. Human hand-foot-and-mouth disease is not related to hoof and mouth disease in cattle. \n\nHand-foot-and-mouth disease affects toddlers primarily, but may occur at any age. It appears most often in warm weather, usually in the summer or early fall. It often occurs in small epidemics in nursery schools or day care centers. It is not unusual for more than half of the children in a school or day care center to have the disease at any one time. \n\nThe risk of contracting hand-foot-and-mouth disease can be reduced by frequent handwashing, avoiding exposure to others who have the disease, and not sharing toys during the infection. Most adults are thought to have become immune to hand-foot-and-mouth disease in early childhood. As with most infectious diseases, pregnant women should consult their physician if exposed to hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The person is contagious during the course of the illness for around 7 to 10 days. \n\nSymptoms of hand-foot-and-mouth disease appear 3 to 6 days after exposure and may include: \n\na mild fever of 100 to 102.2 degrees Fahrenheit (37.8 to 39 degrees Centigrade) \nloss of appetite \nsore throat \na sore mouth and \na general feeling of weakness or tiredness \nWithin a day or two, small blisters develop. These blisters may range in size from one-eighth to one-quarter of an inch, or no larger than a green pea. A small area of redness surrounds them. The number of fluid-filled blisters may vary from just a few to hundreds on the skin. \n\nHand-foot-and-mouth disease blisters generally appear: \n\nin the mouth \ntop, palm, and between the fingers of the hands \ntop, sides, soles, and between the toes of the feet and \non the buttocks, upper arms, upper legs, or genitals \nBlisters located outside the mouth generally do not cause itching or pain. The disease is usually mild and lasts only a few days to a week. Most blisters disappear without ulcerating or cracking. However, some may form shallow, painful ulcers that look similar to canker sores. If the mouth is sore, avoid eating or drinking citrus and salty or spicy foods.\n\nA normal course of hand-foot-and-mouth disease is usually so mild and complications so rare that a trip to the healthcare provider is not required. It can be confused with chickenpox. \n\nThere is no specific treatment for hand-foot-and-mouth disease. The only medication healthcare providers usually recommend is an over-the-counter aspirin substitute like Tylenol or Panadol. Aspirin or medicines that have aspirin in them should not be given to anyone younger than 18 years of age. Taking aspirin is a risk for a serious illness called Reye's syndrome. Non-steroidal anti- inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) should be taken with food or milk to prevent stomach upset. NSAIDs should not be taken by anyone who has been diagnosed with asthma, ulcer disease, or a bleeding disorder. Taking NSAIDs increases the risk of bleeding with trauma, dental work, surgery, or if taking blood thinners (anticoagulants). Acetaminophen should not be taken by anyone with known liver or kidney disease. Do not drink alcohol when taking more than 1 dose of acetaminophen.
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This is very comprehensive.  I will continue to search for more:\nhttp://w3.whosea.org/en/Section10/Section332/Section554_2559.htm\n\nTry also:\nhttp://www.dhpe.org/infect/dengue.html\n\nAnd:\nhttp://www.who.int/mediacentre/factsheets/fs117/en/
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you can check out http://www.cdc.gov for more information, but in brief...\n\nMad Cow Disease is formally known as Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy. It is caused by a rogue protein called a PRION. A prion is not a parasite, bacteria or virus. It is a protein that has some strange properties. It is fairly rare. In the UK, which seems to have the most cases of Mad Cow, they reported 130,000 cases over FIFTEEN years. And that's in COWS. In people, its even rarer than that.\n\nIn humans, it's called Creutzfeld-Jakob Disease. In sheep and goats, it's called scrapie. In general, they're called spongiform encephalopathies because the priors take over your brain and whittle it away till it's full of holes. Like a sponge.\n\nThese diseases take ten years to develop and they're pretty much always fatal. Symptoms include mood swings, ataxia, speech problems and so forth. There is no treatment yet, no vaccine and no cure. Control measures include killing infected cattle, and avoiding eating beef. People contract the disease from eating nerve tissue of infected organisms. This includes tainted ground beef.