Amyloidosis

Contents

Useful foods for amyloidosis
- - Traditional medicine for amyloidosis
- Dangerous and harmful products for amyloidosis
Nutrition for other diseases:

General description of the disease

Amyloidosis is a disease in which protein metabolism is disturbed, as a result of which a protein-polysaccharide complex (amyloid) is formed and deposited in the tissues.

Amyloidosis happens:

primary – cells change in the presence of monoclonal hypermaglobulemia, myeloma and Waldenstrom macroglobulemia;
secondary – the cause of this type of amyloidosis is chronic inflammatory processes (for example, rheumatoid arthritis, malaria, leprosy, tuberculosis, osteomyelitis, bronchiectasis);
idiopathic (family) – enzymes have defects from childhood, from generation to generation;
age (senile) – disorders begin already in old age, due to various functional failures in the body;
dialysis – this type develops due to blood purification in acute and chronic kidney disease (their failure) – hemodialysis.

The main reasons for the violation of protein metabolism:

1 Genetic predisposition.
2 Carrying out the above procedure – hemodialysis.
3 The presence of acute, chronic inflammatory and infectious diseases.
4 The age group after 40 years is most susceptible to amyloidosis.

Symptoms of amyloidosis:

Gastrointestinal tract: the tongue increases in size, swallowing function is impaired, stomach upset or, conversely, constipation, there may be deposits in the form of a tumor in the intestine or acorn (this is extremely rare), the presence of belching, heaviness in the abdomen, nausea after eating;
cardiovascular system: heart failure, disturbed heart rhythm, myocardium;
CNS: frequent headaches, increased sweating, dizzy, impaired sensitivity of the extremities, tingling of the tips of the fingers and toes, impotence, enuresis, fecal incontinence;
cartilaginous system: dense swelling of the joints, numbness of the tips of the hands and feet, throbbing pain in the fingers, polyarthritis, periarthritis;
tissue amyloidosis: enlarged spleen;
respiratory system: persistent bronchitis, hoarse voice, lung tumors;
accompanying symptoms: lesions of the skin (various nodes, papules, “eyeglass symptom” – bruising around the eyes), thyroid disorder, adrenal insufficiency, impaired renal function (present in all forms of amyloidosis), anemia, increased ESR, cholesterol levels.

Useful foods for amyloidosis

Patients with amyloidosis must follow a diet in which the body must be saturated with potassium, starch, vitamin C.

Foods to help fill the potassium deficiency:

vegetables (cucumbers, potatoes, zucchini, legumes, parsnips, rutabagas, carrots, green leafy vegetables);
honey and its products (especially perga – bee pollen in combs);
Apple vinegar;
mushrooms;
fresh fruits, berries (watermelons, oranges, melons, bananas;
dried fruits: dried apricots, raisins, figs, prunes;
bread made from rye flour, wheat bran;
nuts (pine, almond, peanuts);
wheat and oatmeal;
animal products (beef, fish, liver (raw), dairy products);
tea.

Starchy foods include:

porridge: buckwheat, oatmeal, millet, wheat, rice (brown), semolina, barley;
pasta and bakery products, biscuit and oatmeal cookies;
grain crops (rye, wheat, oats, corn;
peas and beans;
horseradish and ginger root vegetables.

C-containing products:

rose hips, sea buckthorn, black currant, wild garlic, viburnum, mountain ash, strawberry, honeysuckle;
citrus;
kiwi;
all types of cabbage;
hot and bell peppers;
horseradish roots;
greens of garlic;
spinach.

Traditional medicine for amyloidosis

The most effective folk remedy for treating amyloidosis is considered to be a long course of taking raw liver (100 grams per day). The course of treatment should be long and last a year and a half. Thanks to vitamins of groups A, B, C, E, glycogen, carotene, niacin, biotin contained in raw liver, it helps to restore the functioning of the kidneys, heart, nervous and digestive systems.

Also, you should not neglect the treatment with various herbs and fees from:

1 chamomile, immortelle, birch buds, St. John’s wort;
2 decoctions of nettle will help cleanse the blood (you can cook from both leaves and flowers);
3 Juniper berries also have a blood-purifying effect (you need to start eating them with 5 pieces, add one berry every day, bring to 15 berries);
4 a good heart remedy is green oats (grass), you can drink it in the form of juice, decoction, tincture;
5 tea made from dry leaves and berries of wild strawberries or raspberries, currants, rowan berries, mint and St. /glass).

Dangerous and harmful products for amyloidosis

Potassium is washed out by confectionery and various sweets, caffeinated products and alcoholic beverages. Also, potassium leaves the body due to excessive physical exertion and stress.

Naturally, you need to limit foods containing protein:

tofu;
egg whites;
marshmallows;
soy milk;
lean veal and beef;
rabbit, chicken meat;
seafood;
lentils.

Small amounts of starch are found in pumpkin, carrots, tomatoes, garlic, asparagus, cabbage, radishes, and parsley. Therefore, the emphasis on these products is not worth it.

You should limit the consumption of table salt and salty foods (especially people with heart disease, kidney disease).

Attention!

The administration is not responsible for any attempt to use the information provided, and does not guarantee that it will not harm you personally. The materials cannot be used to prescribe treatment and make a diagnosis. Always consult your specialist doctor!