A Mysterious Brain Disease Is Spreading in Canada - Futurism
Several patients even experienced hallucinations, including transient “Capgras delusion,†a psychiatric disorder in which a patient starts believing that a close friend or family member was replaced by an impostor.“He had delusions, hallucinations, weight loss, aggression, repetitive speech,†Ellis’ son Steve told the BBC.At first, Ellis’ doctors suspected it was a case of Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD), a fatal and rare degenerative brain disorder.