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* | *Transmission of acquired prion diseases can be prevented by taking several measures. | ||
** | *Now-a-days acquiring a prion disease from food or from a medical setting is now extremely rare as people use these preventive measures. | ||
** | *Some of the preventive steps taken include:<ref name="urlPrion Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, & Prevention">{{cite web |url=https://www.healthline.com/health/prion-disease#prevention |title=Prion Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, & Prevention |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | ||
** | **Maintaining tight regulations on importing cattle from countries where Bovine spongiform encephalopathy(BSE) is more prevalent. | ||
** | **Restricting the parts of the cow such as the brain and spinal cord from using in human or animal food. | ||
** | **People with a history of or risk for exposure to prion disease should not donate blood or other tissues like cornea. | ||
**Medical instrument that has come into contact with the nervous tissue of someone with suspected prion disease should be thoroughly sterilized. | |||
**Disposable medical instruments should be destroyed. | |||
*There’s currently no way to prevent inherited or sporadic forms of prion disease.If someone in the family has had an inherited prion disease, family members may consider consulting with a genetic counselor to discuss their risk of developing the disease.<ref name="urlPrion Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, & Prevention">{{cite web |url=https://www.healthline.com/health/prion-disease#prevention |title=Prion Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, & Prevention |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | *There’s currently no way to prevent inherited or sporadic forms of prion disease. | ||
*If someone in the family has had an inherited prion disease, family members may consider consulting with a genetic counselor to discuss their risk of developing the disease.<ref name="urlPrion Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, & Prevention">{{cite web |url=https://www.healthline.com/health/prion-disease#prevention |title=Prion Disease: Symptoms, Causes, Treatment, & Prevention |format= |work= |accessdate=}}</ref> | |||
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- Transmission of acquired prion diseases can be prevented by taking several measures.
- Now-a-days acquiring a prion disease from food or from a medical setting is now extremely rare as people use these preventive measures.
- Some of the preventive steps taken include:[1]
- Maintaining tight regulations on importing cattle from countries where Bovine spongiform encephalopathy(BSE) is more prevalent.
- Restricting the parts of the cow such as the brain and spinal cord from using in human or animal food.
- People with a history of or risk for exposure to prion disease should not donate blood or other tissues like cornea.
- Medical instrument that has come into contact with the nervous tissue of someone with suspected prion disease should be thoroughly sterilized.
- Disposable medical instruments should be destroyed.
- There’s currently no way to prevent inherited or sporadic forms of prion disease.
- If someone in the family has had an inherited prion disease, family members may consider consulting with a genetic counselor to discuss their risk of developing the disease.[1]