Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease
Patients may also choose to have medical procedures to help with bad symptoms.  For example, CJD may cause so much trouble swallowing that a person cannot eat.  Some people with CJD choose to have a feeding tube put in when they can no longer eat.  This is a tube that goes into the stomach, so that special liquid can be given right into the stomach to give the person hydration and nutrition.