The list of treatments mentioned in various sources for Prion diseases includes the following list. Always seek professional medical advice about any treatment or change in treatment plans.
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There’s no cure for CJD, and its progress can’t be slowed. Palliative care is provided to make the patient comfortable and to ease symptoms. Medications may be needed to control aggressive behaviors. These include sedatives and antipsychotics.
The need to provide a safe environment, control aggressive or agitated behavior, and meet physiologic needs may require monitoring and assistance in the home or in an institutionalized setting. Family counseling may help in coping with the changes required for home care.
Behavior modification may be helpful, in some cases, for controlling unacceptable or dangerous behaviors. Reality orientation, with repeated reinforcement of environmental and other cues, may help reduce disorientation.
Legal advice may be appropriate early in the course of the disorder, to form advance directives, power of attorney, and other legal actions that may make it easier to make ethical decisions regarding the care of an individual with CJD.
Source: Professional Guide to Diseases (Eighth Edition), 2005
There is no cure for CJD, and its progress can’t be slowed. Palliative care is provided to make the patient comfortable and to ease symptoms.
Source: Handbook of Diseases, 2003
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