Kuru

Treatment:

No treatment is currently available for kuru or any of the slow-virus diseases.

Expectations (prognosis):

Kuru is universally fatal.

Complications:

(not applicable)

Calling your health care provider:

Call your health care provider if you have any gait disturbance, swallowing difficulty, or incoordination. Although kuru is very rare now, other severe neurologic disorders can cause these symptoms.