Abstract
Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) is a subacute neurological disease, with dementia, psychological problems, pyramidal and extrapyramidal tract signs, and cerebellar signs. With myoclonus, severe dementia, akinetic mutation later, most patients die within 2 years after onset. Most cases of infectious type of CJD are regarded as iatrogenic. Though family members who take care of CJD patients may not be suffered from CJD, CJD is infectious and adequate knowledge for preventing CJD is quite important. On the hand, excessive protections against patients with CJD must be avoided. Precautions of healthcare providers against CJD, understanding CJD itself, patients with CJD and their family are key issues in nursing care for CJD patients and their family.
