A GP Guide to Amyloidosis

Although rare, amyloidosis can be associated with significant end-organ effects, morbidity and mortality and early recognition and treatment can substantially improve prognosis

Amyloidosis may account for myriad clinical presentations and is worth keeping in mind once common causes have been excluded.

Consider a diagnosis of amyloidosis  in cases of unexplained heart failure, fatigue, Pre-Syncope, dyspnoea, Carpel Tunnel Syndrome, weight loss, oedema, proteinuria, nephropathy, hepatomegaly or neuropathy (motor, sensory or autonomic).

Read “A GP Guide to Amyloidosis”  Dr Kun Gay Yap and Associate Professor Peter Mollee, recently published in the publication AusDoc to learn  more about the  GP’s role in recognising and becoming part of the amyloidosis treatment team.