Kuru Disease
Kuru is an extremely rare disease. With Kuru, an infectious protein causes patients to receive massive neurological damage. Patients might also experience random bursts of laughter. The disease as transmitted when people eat human brains. With less cannibalism in the world, fewer people were able to spread the disease.
This rare neurodegenerative disease originated in the Papa New Guinea Fore tribe.
- difficulty in walking
- poor coordination
- difficulty in swallowing.
- slurred speech
- moodiness and behavioral changes
- dementia
- muscle twitching and tremors
- inability to grasp objects