Treatment is directed at alleviating symptoms and trying to slow the progression of the disorder. Some medications, such as corticosteroids, chemotherapy agents and colchicine, may decrease inflammation and treat some cases of amyloidosis, but they are not very effective if the disease is severe or ...
Treatment for your CA varies with the type you have. The ultimate goal of treating CA is to reduce your symptoms while making sure the condition doesn't get worse. Newer drugs have recently become available to treat CA by targeting the abnormal proteins. We use diuretics (water pills) to ...
Treatment is directed toward reducing symptoms. Agents commonly prescribed for primary amyloidosis include anti-inflammatory drugs, such as prednisone and colchicine, and some patients may be treated with the chemotherapeutic agent melphalan. In localized forms of the disease, treatment may involve ...
Amyloidosis is often classified into subtypes based on the body areas it affects, and symptoms are specific to those areas. The disease is often overlooked in its earliest stages because it does not cause symptoms. When there are symptoms, they are often mistaken for those caused by other condi...
Amyloidosis has weight loss and gastrointestinal bleeding as the most frequent symptoms. Gastrointestinal tract biopsy is diagnostic in most cases of amyloidosis and Congo red stain is used to confirm the amyloid proteins deposit. Treatment of amyloidosis consists of controlling symptoms, terminating ...
Table 2 Characteristics of all symptomatic patients by treatment status (n=119) Full size table Of the symptomatic patients, 47 had cardiac symptoms only, 13 had neurological symptoms only, and 59 patients had both cardiac and neurological symptoms (mixed symptomatology) (Table 3). Patients with ...
Developments concerning amyloidosis associated with rheumatic diseases or often causing musculoskeletal symptoms are reviewed. The pathogenesis, clinical manifestations, diagnosis, and therapy of amyloid A, amyloid light-chain, and amyloid beta 2-microglobulin amyloidosis are discussed from the standpoint of ...
Read about the causes, diagnosis, symptoms and treatment of AL Amyloidosis from hematologist Dr. Brendan Weiss as he shares what he’s learned studying the rare disease.