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What are the adverse effects of cannibalism?

I've been wondering for a wile now if their are any medically adverse affects to eating other people. If you decide to answer this I would like to know exactly why things happen as they do as a result of cannibalism, in as much detail as possible.

Public Comments

1. you're weird. that is all.
2. U might chew a bone or sumut
3. I don't see why eating humans would be any different from eating any other kind of meat. Feces in the intestines could cause E. coli and giardia infections. If there were parasites in the body, consuming them would transfer them to you. It has been suggested but not proven that cannibalism was responsible for a disease called "kuru" or the laughing sickness in Papua New Guinea, a neurodegenerative illness that begins in the brain. Just a starting off point for your own research.