Risk factors for Amyloidosis

The following factors increase your chance of developing amyloidosis:

• Primary amyloidosis
  • Sex-men are at greater risk
  • Age-older than 40
  • Multiple myeloma
• Secondary amyloidosis
  • Sex-men are at greater risk
  • Age-older than 40
  • Underlying chronic inflammatory or infectious diseases such as
    • Tuberculosis
    • Rheumatoid arthritis
    • Osteomyelitis (bone infection)
  • History of Mediterranean fever
  • Hemodialysis -removal of blood from the arteries, cleansing it, adding nutrients, and returning it to the veins
  • Family history
• Hereditary amyloidosis
  • Ethnicity: Portuguese, Swedish, Japanese
  • Familial Mediterranean fever