Medical research of amyloidosis is limited, there is currently no cure. Amyloidosis is a debilitating and fatal disease. Unhealthy proteins are deposited in the organs and tissues, creating irreversible damage. The walls of the heart and the tissues of the lungs are often attacked first.

Amyloidosis affects the body’s organs. Amyloidosis sufferers have trouble breathing, walking short distances, experience chest pain, and have all around poor health.

Because there is no cure, chemotherapy and stem cell transplant are often used to treat the disease.  These leave permanent side effects such as drug dependency, nerve damage, and heart failure. For more information about amyloidosis visit one of the few medical centers studying amyloidosis in the United States: The Mayo Clinic.