New Neurological Disease Infecting Pig Processing Plant Workers

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New Neurological Disease Infecting Pig Processing Plant Workers

a.. By Heidi Stevenson

Natural News, May 25, 2008

For more information, please visit the author's webpage:

http://www.gaia-therapy.com/

 

We now have a new horrible disease brought by the same insane meat-raising

industry that brought Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, both

implicated from the brains of sheep and cattle. It's known by two terms,

Progressive

Inflammatory Neuropathy and Immune Polyradiculoneuropathy (IPR). Neither is

really a name, but more of a description. They indicate that the disease

involves inflammation of the spinal cord, has multiple neurological symptoms,

gets

worse, and affects the immune system.

 

Symptoms are remarkably similar to multiple sclerosis and arachnoiditis. They

include pain, especially in the legs, weakness, fatigue, and sensory

disturbances.

 

All of the victims are employees in pork slaughtering plants. They harvest

pig brains by blowing them out of the heads with compressed-air guns. It's

believed that aerosolized pig brains, which are breathed in by the workers, are

the cause.

 

At this point, there is no explanation of what it is in pig's brains that

cause such symptoms. In Mad Cow Disease, the cause is likely prions, which are

protein particles that have no material associated with cell nuclei. There is no

known treatment for prion-caused diseases, and they are consistently

degenerative and fatal.

 

The Brief History of IPR

 

IPR's history is very short, going back, at most, to 2004. The first possible

case was seen then, but was identified only as having symptoms of

neurological damage, as the patient wisely* refused to have cerebrospinal fluid

tapped

for further testing.

 

The disease came to light just last year, in September 2007, when the nursing

staff of an Austin, Minnesota pork processing facility and a Spanish

interpreter reported 12 cases to a family physician, who in turn contacted

neurologist

Dr. Lachance of the Mayo Clinic. Since then, a total of 18 cases have been

confirmed.

 

All IPR's victims have a previously unknown antibody, which indicates that

the disease is caused by an infectious agent in the pig's brains. Most, if not

all, of the subjects have thickened spinal nerve roots. Protein levels in their

cerebrospinal fluid are elevated, which is typical of meningitis and other

neurological disorders involving inflammation.

 

Full story

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, fraggle <EBbrewpunx wrote:

>

> New Neurological Disease Infecting Pig Processing Plant Workers

> a.. By Heidi Stevenson

> Natural News, May 25, 2008

> For more information, please visit the author's webpage:

> http://www.gaia-therapy.com/

>

> We now have a new horrible disease brought by the same insane meat-

raising

> industry that brought Mad Cow Disease and Creutzfeldt-Jakob

Disease, both

> implicated from the brains of sheep and cattle. It's known by two

terms, Progressive

> Inflammatory Neuropathy and Immune Polyradiculoneuropathy (IPR).

Neither is

> really a name, but more of a description. They indicate that the

disease

> involves inflammation of the spinal cord, has multiple neurological

symptoms, gets

> worse, and affects the immune system.

>

> Symptoms are remarkably similar to multiple sclerosis and

arachnoiditis. They

> include pain, especially in the legs, weakness, fatigue, and

sensory

> disturbances.

>

> All of the victims are employees in pork slaughtering plants. They

harvest

> pig brains by blowing them out of the heads with compressed-air

guns. It's

> believed that aerosolized pig brains, which are breathed in by the

workers, are

> the cause.

>

> At this point, there is no explanation of what it is in pig's

brains that

> cause such symptoms. In Mad Cow Disease, the cause is likely

prions, which are

> protein particles that have no material associated with cell

nuclei. There is no

> known treatment for prion-caused diseases, and they are

consistently

> degenerative and fatal.

>

> The Brief History of IPR

>

> IPR's history is very short, going back, at most, to 2004. The

first possible

> case was seen then, but was identified only as having symptoms of

> neurological damage, as the patient wisely* refused to have

cerebrospinal fluid

> tapped

> for further testing.

>

> The disease came to light just last year, in September 2007, when

the nursing

> staff of an Austin, Minnesota pork processing facility and a

Spanish

> interpreter reported 12 cases to a family physician, who in turn

contacted neurologist

> Dr. Lachance of the Mayo Clinic. Since then, a total of 18 cases

have been

> confirmed.

>

> All IPR's victims have a previously unknown antibody, which

indicates that

> the disease is caused by an infectious agent in the pig's brains.

Most, if not

> all, of the subjects have thickened spinal nerve roots. Protein

levels in their

> cerebrospinal fluid are elevated, which is typical of meningitis

and other

> neurological disorders involving inflammation.

>

> Full story

> http://www.organicconsumers.org:80/articles/article_12352.cfm

>

>

>

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Security Agency may have read this email without warning, warrant, or

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>