A man has died of suspected Mad Cow Disease, (CJD) on Wednesday in the Turkish occupied areas. The newspaper, Kibris, has stated that the man, Fatis Ulas, is one of three who had fallen ill with the alleged disease.
Doctors are believed to have said, “we are 99.9% sure its mad cow disease related”.
Tests have been sent to Turkey to determine what exactly the fatal disease is. While doctors in the Turkish occupied area are waiting to begin an autopsy.
The last recorded death of mad cow disease (CJD) in the Turkish occupied north was in 2008 when a Bulgarian taxi driver contracted the disease and died.
Most people with CJD will die within a year of the symptoms starting, usually from infection. This is because the immobility caused by CJD can make people with the condition vulnerable to infection.
Symptoms of the illness includes, loss of memory, change in personality, loss of balance, slurred speech, vision problems, abnormal jerking movements and progressive loss of brain function and mobility.
There are four main types of CJD, the two patients in the Turkish occupied area are believed to have contracted Sporadic CJD, which is the most common type of CJD also known as Mad Cow Disease.
Despite being the most common type of CJD, Mad Cow Disease is still very rare, affecting only one or two in every million people each year worldwide.