Dot Org Show

Who is amy? is dedicated to raising public awareness and advancing research for the life-threatening and terminal blood disease amyloidosis. Host Nikki Kayser spoke Executive Director Becca Barry and her father, Mike Cooper for whom she founded the organization. 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, so 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.

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