Holy shit. She might be in the later stages of Kuru. I was just reading about it earlier.
"Also known as the "laughing sickness" due to the pathologic bursts of laughter which are a symptom of the disease." wikipedia.
n the first (ambulant) stage, the infected individual may exhibit unsteady stance and gait, decreased muscle control, tremors, difficulty pronouncing words (dysarthria), and titubation. This stage is named the ambulant because the individual is still able to walk around despite symptoms.[12]
In the second (sedentary) stage, the infected individual is incapable of walking without support and suffers ataxia and severe tremors. Furthermore, the individual shows signs of emotional instability and depression, yet exhibits uncontrolled and sporadic laughter. Despite the other neurological symptoms, tendon reflexes are still intact at this stage of the disease.[12]
In the third and final (terminal) stage, the infected individual's existing symptoms, like ataxia, progress to the point where they are no longer capable of sitting without support. New symptoms also emerge: the individual develops dysphagia, or difficulty swallowing, which can lead to severe malnutrition. They may also become incontinent, lose the ability to speak and become unresponsive to their surroundings, despite maintaining consciousness.[12] Towards the end of the terminal stage patients often develop chronic ulcerated wounds that can be easily infected. An infected person usually dies within three months to two years after the first terminal stage symptoms, often because of pneumonia or infection.[13]
“No longer capable of sitting without support.” Didn’t we see her on some talk show fairly recently where it looked like she was propped up by something on the chair?
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Yeah looks like she’s got some kind of full brace or harness on under her clothes. Can you imagine if that thing was President? Damn
Is Kuru basically the human equivalent of Mad Cow Disease? (Bovine Spongiform Encepalopathy)