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Diseases » Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease » Glossary

Glossary for Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

Alpers Syndrome: A rare syndrome characterized by liver disease, seizures and progressive, episodic psychomotor retardation.
Alzheimer's Disease: Dementia-causing brain disease mostly in seniors and the elderly.
Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A motor neuron disease involving progressive degeneration and eventual destruction of the function of nerves that control voluntary movement.
Brain conditions: Medical conditions that affect the brain
Chronic meningitis: Chronic meningitis is an inflammation of the meninges with subacute onset and persisting cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) abnormalities lasting for at least one month.
Cognitive impairment: General loss of mental or cognitive ability
Coma: Prolonged unconsciousness
Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: A very rare degenerative brain disease that can be inherited, transmitted (eg in surgical transplants using infected tissue) or as a result of genetic mutations. The condition is fatal.
Death: The cessation of life
Dementia: Various mental impairment conditions.
Encephalitis: Dangerous infection of the brain
Fatal familial insomnia: A very rare inherited brain disease that severely affects sleep and causes progressive deterioration of mental and movement functions.
Forgetfulness: Forgetting things or loss of memory ability
Huntington's Disease: Inherited disease causing progressive mental deterioration.
Impaired thinking: The impairment of ones ability to think clearly
Impaired vision: Reduced or degraded vision.
Insomnia: Insomnia is defined as repeated difficulty with the initiation, duration, maintenance, or quality of sleep that occurs despite adequate time and opportunity for sleep that results in some form of daytime impairment.
Metabolic encephalopathy: Metabolic encephalopathy is temporary or permanent damage to the brain due to lack of glucose, oxygen or other metabolic agent, or organ dysfunction.
Motor neuron diseases: Any of various disorders of the "motor neurons", nerves that control movement.
Multi-Infarct Dementia: Dementia due to brain blood clots and strokes.
Muscle symptoms: Symptoms affecting the muscles of the body
Myoclonus: Sudden involuntary muscle twitching or movement.
Parkinson's Disease: Degenerative brain condition characterised by tremor.
Personality change: Change in a person's behavior and personality
Pick's Disease: Degenerative dementia condition.
Prion diseases: Various diseases caused by abnormal proteins (prions) in the brain.
Progressive Supranuclear Palsy: A disorder characterized by reduced motor control, dementia and eye movement problems.
Psychiatric disorders: Any condition that affects ones mind
Variant CJD: New human CJD subtype linked to mad cow disease (BSE).