(1) primary systemic amyloidosis (PSA), usually with no evidence of preceding or coexisting disease, paraproteinemia, or plasma-cell dyscrasia; (2) amyloidosis associated with multiple myeloma; or (3) secondary systemic amyloidosis with evidence of coexisting previous chronic inflammatory or infectious conditions.
PSA involves mainly mesenchymal elements, and cutaneous findings are observed in 30-40% of patients.
I was diagnosed w/CMML in 2009 and did 6mos of Vidaza. Monocyte levels keep rising and are now at 28%. 54 yr old male. My drs. just keep telling me to watch and wait, but I don't feel comfortable doing that, especially since I am fighting a recurrent staph infection that keeps returning every month.
It is known as a cytokine, which are chemicals normally secreted by cells called leukocytes in response to a virus, bacteria, or other foreign intruder.
How this drug works:
Interferon alfa belongs to the category of therapies called biologic response modifiers (BRM), also called immunotherapy. This is a type of treatment that mobilizes the body's immune system to fight cancer. The therapy mainly consists of stimulating the immune system to help it do its job more effectively.
Not sure if i should put good or ok for my mood today!
I mean we got out of the door really early, was at swimming/work on time etc. which usually makes me feel really good (euphoric baby!!) But I was just feeling a bit down from the therapy session on Tuesday I suppose. I don't have as much energy, which I notice cause I've been enjoying it so damn much!!
t tremble as bad as they did before, mainly if I use them a lot and then suddenly stop, they shake like crazy. They seem not to shake or bother me when I sleep or am trying to go to sleep. Some days my hands are pretty clumsy, other days, I don't notice. What is really worrying me, is that it seems to have spread to my legs. My toes tremble occasionally and I am also getting muscle 'jolts' in my thighs (especially my right thigh).
There have been several ocasions where I felt as if I started to come down with a bug, like I was begining to come down with the flu, but again, no fever, or sore throat, or swollen lymph glands n my neck. The feeling would last a day then go away and I felt normal but was not feeling well, not tired, but just a lak of motivation is the best way to describe it.
There have been several ocasions where I felt as if I started to come down with a bug, like I was begining to come down with the flu, but again, no fever, or sore throat, or swollen lymph glands n my neck. The feeling would last a day then go away and I felt normal but was not feeling well, not tired, but just a lak of motivation is the best way to describe it.
Crohn’s disease, diverticulitis, infection in kidney, kidney stones (possibly missed on ultrasound), constipation, ovary involvement in women (cysts, hemorrhage, tumor, torsion-all ruled out in your case), ectopic pregnancy in women (ruled out), mesentry (a thin tissue that carries the blood, nerves and lymphatics for the intestine) involvement with low blood supply, enlarged lymphnodes, and an abscess in rectus abdominis muscle or psoas muscle (these two are unlikely is there is no localized p
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