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What Is Amyloid Infiltration?

Posted on Wed, 18 Sep 2024

Question: what. Is amyloid infiltration. What are the symptoms that would cause a doctor to order a test for this?

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (6 hours later)

Brief Answer:
Multi organ disease

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for your query

Amyloidoses is a condition wherein a toxic insoluble protein produced in the body gets accumulated and deposited in multiple organs like kidney, liver, brain, heart etc.

Symptoms in amyloidoses are diverse diverse, mostly the symptoms are due to damage to the organs along with generalized weakness, muscle pains , weight loss etc

Hope, I answered your query

Wishing you good health

Regards

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar

Follow up: Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (16 hours later)

How does a doctor determine if a person has this problem and what are the reasons/ symptoms that would cause a doctor to run tests to determine if a person has this medical problems.

Answered by Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T (2 days later)

Brief Answer:
Biopsy

Detailed Answer:
Hi,

Thanks for writing back

When a person has diverse symptoms, like headache, andem pain, cough,, loose stools, vomitting, etc symptoms pertaining multiple organs , then amyloidoses tests are ordered.

Tests like Ultrasound scan, 2D Echo
Plasma Electrophoresis
Biopsy from multiple organs subjected to histopathological examination is done..

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Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Dr.Raju.A.T