What are some side effects of cannibalism?

Answer 1

Cannibalism can look odd by human standards, but in fact it's widespread in the animal kingdom, and also amongst many human populations in the past, and survived till the20th century in some areas of Central Africa, South America, New Guinea and Vanuatu.

Because many infections pass from victims to consumers, diseases linked to cannibalism should be very common, fact that does not happen. This could be due to the fact that cannibals usually feed alone. "Maybe this is why cannibalism is no longer common among people as it was in the past, because of the strong negative effects it can have when transmitting a disease.

Cannibalism has some diseases with it's practice. Kuru is an incurable degenerative neurological disorder (brain disease) that is a type of transmissible spongiform encephalopathy found in humans. It looks like a cow with mad cow disease.

Answer 2

Cannibalism isn't an illness so it can't have symptoms, it is simply the act of eating human parts. However, a person could become a cannibal from serious mental disorders negatively affecting their thought process.