Amylosis can produce several different signs and symptoms, so your treatment should be directed by your doctor, depending on the type of disease of the person.
For types and symptoms of this disease, see How to Identify Amylosis.
- Your doctor may recommend medication use.
- Radiation therapy.
- Stem cell use.
- Surgery to remove the area affected by amyloid deposits.
- And even a liver.
- Kidney.
- Or heart transplant.
- In some cases.
- Of new deposits and eliminate existing ones.
Amylosis is characterized by the deposit of amyloid protein in certain parts of the body, this protein is rare and is usually not found in the body and has nothing to do with the protein we consume.
Here’s how to treat each type of amylosis
Treatment of primary amylosis varies depending on a person’s disability, but can be done with medications such as Melfalam and Prednisolone in association with each other or with Melfalam IV for 1 or 2 years.
Stem cells may also be helpful and dexamethasone is generally better tolerated because it has fewer side effects.
In cases of kidney failure, diuretics and compression stockings should also be used to reduce swelling of the legs and feet, and when the disease affects the heart, a pacemaker may be implanted into the ventricles of the heart.
When amylosis is located in an organ or system, protein concentration can be fought by radiation therapy or removed by surgery.
Despite the discomfort caused by the disease and that medications can bring, without treatment, the individual diagnosed with this type of amylosis can die in 1 or 2 years and if there is heart disease, it can occur in 6 months.
This type of amyloidosis is said to be secondary because it is linked to other diseases such as rheumatoid arthritis, tuberculosis or family Mediterranean fever, for example. When it comes to the disease with which amyloidosis is related, there is usually an improvement in symptoms and a decrease in amyloid deposit in the body.
For treatment, your doctor may prescribe the use of anti-inflammatory medications and check the amount of amyloid protein A in your blood after a few weeks to adjust the dose of the medicine. A medicine called colchicine may also be used, but surgery can be used to remove it. the affected area is also possible when symptoms do not improve.
When amylosis is related to a condition called family Mediterranean fever, colchicine may be used, with good symptom relief; without proper treatment, the person with this type of amylosis can live from 5 to 15 years; However, liver transplantation is a good option for control. unpleasant symptoms caused by the disease.
In this case, the most affected organ is the liver and liver transplantation is the most appropriate treatment. With the new transplanted organ there are no new amyloid deposits in the liver. Find out here how transplant recovery is performed and the care to be taken.
This type of amylosis is related to aging and, in this case, the heart is the most affected and a heart transplant may be necessary. See what life is like after a heart transplant.
Learn more about other forms of senile amylosis treatment when it affects your heart by clicking here.