Kuru

I-Kuru sisifo semithambo-luvo.

IKuru sisifo esinqabileyo. Kubangelwa yiprotein esosulelayo (prion) efumaneka kwizicwili zobuchopho bomntu ezingcolileyo.

UKuru ufumaneka phakathi kwabantu abasuka eNew Guinea ababesenza uhlobo lokutya abanye abantu apho babesitya iingqondo zabantu abafileyo njengenxalenye yesiko lokungcwaba. Esi senzo sayeka ngo-1960, kodwa iimeko ze-kuru zaxelwa iminyaka emininzi emva koko kuba esi sifo sinexesha elide lokufukamela. Ixesha lokufukama lixesha elithathayo lokuba iimpawu zivele emva kokuvezwa kwiarhente ebangela isifo.

I-Kuru ibangela ukuba ubuchopho kunye nenkqubo yovalo itshintshe ngokufanayo nesifo seCreutzfeldt-Jakob. Izifo ezifanayo ziyavela ezinkomeni njenge-bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), ekwabizwa ngokuba sisifo seenkomo eziphambeneyo.

Owona mngcipheko uphambili we-kuru kukutya izicwili zobuchopho bomntu, ezinokuqulatha amasuntswana osulelo.

Iimpawu ze-kuru zibandakanya:

• Ingalo kunye nentlungu yomlenze
• Iingxaki zokuququzelela eziba nzima
• Kunzima ukuhamba
• Intloko ebuhlungu
• Ukuginya ubunzima
• Iinyikima kunye nezihlunu zemisipha

Ubunzima bokuginya kunye nokungakwazi ukuzondla kungakhokelela kukungondleki okanye indlala.

Ixesha eliqhelekileyo lokufukama yiminyaka eli-10 ukuya kweli-13, kodwa ixesha lokufukama leminyaka engama-50 okanye nangaphezulu sele kuchaziwe.

Uvavanyo lwe-neurologic lunokubonisa utshintsho kulungelelwaniso nakwindlela yokuhamba.

Akukho lunyango luyaziwayo kuru.

Ukufa kuhlala kwenzeka kwisithuba sonyaka omnye emva komqondiso wokuqala weempawu.

Jonga umboneleli wakho wezempilo ukuba unokuhamba, ukugwinya, okanye iingxaki zokulungelelanisa. I-Kuru inqabile kakhulu. Umboneleli wakho uya kulawula ezinye izifo zenkqubo ye-nervous.

Isifo se-Prion-kuru

• Inkqubo ye-nervous central kunye ne-peripheral system

I-Bosque PJ, iTyler KL.Izifo ze-prion kunye ne-prion yenkqubo ye-nervous system (izifo ezinokuhanjiswa kwe-neurodegenerative). Ku: Bennett JE, Dolin R, Blaser MJ, ii-eds. UMandell, uDouglas, kunye neMigaqo yeBennett kunye nokuSebenza kwezifo ezosulelayo, uHlelo oluHlaziyiweyo. Ngomhla we-8. IPhiladelphia, PA: Elsevier Saunders; 2015: isahluko 181.

MD yeGeschwind. Izifo zePrion. Ku: Daroff RB, Jankovic J, Mazziotta JC, Pomeroy SL, ii-eds. I-Neurology kaBradley kwiKlinikhi yokuziqhelanisa. Umhla wesi-7. IPhiladelphia, PA: Elsevier; 2016: isahluko 94.