Just read about this disease............. 2. Kuru: A very rare fatal disease that develops as a result of cannibalism. This is typically more prevalent in the New Guinea region where this ritual is performed as part of a funeral rite, in which the tissues of dead people, especially the brain, were consumed. Specific symptoms of kuru include trouble swallowing, trouble walking, tremors and muscle jerking and lack of coordination. Another sign of Kuru is malnutrition and starvation. It is said that about 1,100 people died from Kuru during the 1950s and 60s. There is no treatment for kuru in 2010 but because of government intervention and a wide-spread effort to end cannibalism, Kuru has now mostly disappeared. ( thats why its haram to eat ONE OF YOUR OWN ;) )
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 06:12:27 +0000