What is Amyloidosis?

Amyloidosis (am-i-Loy do'-SIS) is a rare disease of the bone marrow. Bone marrow is a red substance, located in the center of your bones. Amyloidosis occurs when too much of a protein called amyloid accumulates in the body. The accumulation of amyloid causes dysfunction of the organ. The heart, kidneys, nervous system and digestive tract are the most affected.

Amyloid (am'-i-Lloyd) is an abnormal protein. She comes from bone marrow cells.

Amyloidosis is not cancer, but it is very serious. Amyloidosis May disable or life-threatening.

What are the causes amyloidosis?

The exact cause of amyloidosis is unknown. But the majority of the people who amyloidosis is more than 40 years.

What are the symptoms of amyloidosis?
There are many symptoms of amyloidosis. Symptoms of amyloidosis depend on the bodies touched. Some of the most common symptoms are:

• The swollen ankles and legs
• Weakness
• Weight loss
• Shortness
• Numbness or tingling in the hands or feet
• Diarrhea
• Severe fatigue
• Large language
  

Amyloidosis and kidney

When your kidneys are damaged, they are unable to filter the blood well. This ensures that your feet, ankles and legs to swell. Weight loss, and aversion to certain foods may also occur.

Amyloidosis and the heart

When your heart is affected, the heart of the ability to fill with blood between heart rate decreases. This means less blood pumped with each heartbeat. The most common symptom is shortness of breath.

How is Amyloidosis diagnosis?

Your doctor can diagnose amyloidosis conducting a physical exam, blood tests, urine and bone marrow tests.

How is amyloidosis?

The treatments are aimed at reducing the production of the protein amyloid. Your doctor may prescribe medication and changes in your diet to that effect.

Is there a cure amyloidosis?
There is currently no cure for amyloidosis.

What is Agnogenic Myeloid Metaplasia?

Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia is a condition that occurs when the bone marrow is highlighted, making it less likely for the production of blood cells. When the bone marrow is not working properly, the spleen and liver for the production of blood cells. Consequently, the spleen and liver are enlarged in May

Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia usually develops slowly. It is more common in people aged 50 and older. Myeloid metaplasia Agnogenic led to the progressive failure of the bone marrow with severe anemia.

Most people with myeloid metaplasia agnogenic become dependent on blood transfusions to survive.

Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia is also known, WMA, primary idiopathic myelofibrosis and myelosclerosis.

Symptoms of myeloid metaplasia Agnogenic

The most common symptoms of myeloid metaplasia Agnogenic are:

• Fast heartbeat
• Pallor
• Splenomegaly
• Night sweats
  
• Weight Loss
• Filled feeling after dinner

Treatment options for Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia

Medication can help treat Agnogenic myeloid metaplasia, but allogeneic transplant of stem cells necessary for healing.

The long-term

Unfortunately myeloid metaplasia Agnogenic worse as the disease progresses. When the spleen enlarged spleen, May platelets are trapped in the spleen. If this happens, your doctor may suggest surgical removal of the spleen.

What is Hemophilia?

Haemophilia is inherited group of disorders of the blood clotting factors. There are two major forms of haemophilia A and B.

What are the causes of haemophilia?
Haemophilia is caused by an inherited sex-linked recessive trait. The defective gene is located on chromosome X.

The severity of the symptoms can vary depending on the disease, and serious arise from the beginning. Bleeding is the hallmark of haemophilia and usually when the child circumcised. Other events are emerging bleeding when the child becomes mobile. Mild cases of haemophilia May unnoticed until later in life in an attempt to occur after surgery or trauma. Internal bleeding can be anywhere, and bleeding into joints is common. Risk factors are family history of bleeding and being male.

What are the symptoms of haemophilia?

The most common symptoms of haemophilia are: bruising, spontaneous bleeding, bleeding in the joints and the pain and swelling, gastrointestinal tract and urinary tract bleeding, blood in urine or stool, excessive bleeding and extended cut, tooth extraction, surgery bruising unusual in a city where the number of nose bleeding that will not stop, and painful or swollen joints.

How is haemophilia diagnosed?

Doctors diagnose haemophilia by conducting a series of blood tests. Coagulation studies involving many tests are carried out if the person tested is the first in the family have bleeding disorder. Once the treatment of haemophilia have been identified, other family members, have less need for testing to see if they have it.

Medical complications of haemophilia

Some of the medical consequences of haemophilia are: chronic joint deformities and intra-cerebral bleeding.

Is there a cure haemophilia?

There is currently no cure for haemophilia. However, it can be managed with medication, such as replacement therapy of coagulation factor.

Statistics
* Haemophilia A occurs in 1 in 10,000 men in the United States.