24,000 people in the UK carrying lethal mad cow disease agent (CJD)

[Beaaware]

www.independent.co.uk/life-style/health-and-families/health-news/up-to-one-in-2000-britons-could-carry-cjd-agent-8031920.html

So the odds of cjd infection are worse than expected, 1 in 2000 of us are walking around with this not knowing that we have the ability to pass on human bse to another person via blood. If these 24,000 carriers of cjd are donating their blood, having operations, dentistry work then they are able to pass on the lethal infection which can incubate in humans for upto 50 years. When will the DOH screen/filter all donated blood to stop this from spreading.

'AUTOLOGOUS BLOOD TRANSFUSION' is one solution to avoid transmission of vCJD.

I know someone who died from cjd. Its sad it can incubate for so many years.

I knew who this thread was going to be by before I opened it.

Mill, what don't understand know?

It's surprising that so few people have died so far from nvCJD, given pretty much the whole population were exposed in the 80s (a horrible, horrible tragedy in each case).

A stark example of too little red tape, complacent ministers and cover-up.

edam look this up:

www.channel4.com/news/blood-test-breakthrough-for-mad-cow-disease

this news article is telling us that 5 - 10 blood samples a week are being tested for human mad cow disease

only people suspected of having vCJD via their neurologists and GP's are offered this test on the NHS.

vCJD symptons include dementia, anxiety, depression, balance problems.

currently donated blood is not filtered/screened to remove rogue infectious prions, until 1000's and 1000's of us die from vCJD the DOH are unlikely ever to introduce widespread filtering/screening.
Lets hope that 'ALL' neurological disorders are being correctly diagnosed.

Prion disease IS human mad cow disease for those who are unaware.

Why do you only ever post on this one thing Op?

I thought I was the only person to notice that Lady.

I noticed too.

Mellen and others..perhaps because the OP has been affected by the situation. Please don't be unnecessarily unkind.

Isn't there still a ban on British beef products and blood in America?

i dont believe it MOOO

You can't give blood in the USA if you lived in Britain during the 1980s. I tried to donate my cord blood after having DS1 to the national cord blood bank and they didn't want it.

However, they used to pay people to give blood in the US (not sure if they still do). So all the druggies and prostitutes used to go and give blood! So much for protecting the integrity of their blood supplies.

you can't give blood in Japan either, if you lived in the UK in the 80's - even Japanese people who lived there for 6 months or more (and there were quite a lot, due to business/industry etc.)