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20-07-2012, 09:50 PM | #1 | |||
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Fatal familial insomnia (FFI) is a very rare autosomal dominant inherited prion disease of the brain. It is almost always caused by a mutation to the protein PrPC, but can also develop spontaneously in patients with a non-inherited mutation variant called sporadic Fatal Insomnia (sFI). FFI has no known cure and involves progressively worsening insomnia, which leads to hallucinations, delirium, and confusional states like that of dementia. The average survival span for patients diagnosed with FFI after the onset of symptoms is 18 months.
The mutated protein, called PrPSc, has been found in just 40 families worldwide, affecting about 100 people; if only one parent has the gene, the offspring have a 50% chance of inheriting it and developing the disease. The first recorded victim was an Italian man, deceased in Venice in the year 1765. Wikipedia
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20-07-2012, 09:52 PM | #2 | |||
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think TiBB should run diagnoses on its members ASAP
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20-07-2012, 10:04 PM | #3 | |||
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I HOPE I NEVER GET THIS ok
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20-07-2012, 11:43 PM | #4 | |||
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fml I think I have this
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20-07-2012, 11:55 PM | #5 | |||
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sweet jesus
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21-07-2012, 12:30 AM | #6 | |||
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21-07-2012, 12:32 AM | #7 | |||
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All hail the Moyesiah
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Was actually reading about this the other day, this bit:
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21-07-2012, 01:00 AM | #8 | |||
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Makes me want to go to bed
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21-07-2012, 01:09 AM | #9 | |||
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It's as if their brain doesnt get an off switch, it's horrible, thank god it's really really really rare.
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21-07-2012, 02:02 AM | #10 | |||
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Like a fine whiskey
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Now I'm paranoid I have this.
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21-07-2012, 11:00 AM | #11 | |||
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So it's basically like the opposite of a coma.
I'm not sure which is worse, being in a coma and never being able to wake up, or having this and never being able to sleep. I think maybe i'd prefer the coma when i think about it.
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21-07-2012, 11:09 AM | #12 | |||
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Weirdsville, play them BB4 that should help
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23-07-2012, 03:06 PM | #13 | |||
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Jessica Meuse was robbed.
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I remember SVU doing an episode about this the once, it was sad.
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23-07-2012, 03:49 PM | #14 | ||
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Adios
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I have the opposite of this.
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