Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease: What it is and how it Differs from Alzheimer's

Prognosis for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD)

The big difference between these two types of dementia is life span following diagnosis. Death, following the first appearance of symptoms of CJD, is between three months and one year. In contrast people with Alzheimer's can live up to 20 years with the disease.

Other human prion diseases in humans include;

Kuru, CJD, Variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (vCJD), Gerstmann-Straussler-Scheinker syndrome and fatal familiar insomnia.

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