Treatment for amyloidosis
Healthcare professionals treat amyloidosis by addressing the underlying cause as well as the symptoms, including organ damage. For instance, chemotherapy is used by medical professionals to eradicate the aberrant plasma cells that lead to AL amyloidosis. The following additional standard therapies for various forms of amyloidosis:
- Targeted therapy: is a form of medicine that specifically targets the tissues, genes, or proteins that lead to amyloidosis. Angiogenesis inhibitors, monoclonal antibody treatment, and proteasome inhibitors are examples of targeted therapy for amyloidosis.
- Transplantation of bone marrow or stem cells: Specialists utilize high-intensity chemotherapy to kill bone marrow harboring defective plasma cells and replace them with healthy plasma cells.
- Transplantation of an organ: may be advised by medical professionals to treat some forms of hereditary amyloidosis, such as the kidney, liver, or heart.