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"We Can Earn Years": a Campaign Launched to Detect Cardiac Amylosis, "Chameleon Disease"

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This rare pathology, potentially fatal and whose first signs of alerts do not concern the heart, affects 10,000 people in France.

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This rare pathology, potentially fatal and whose first signs of alerts do not concern the heart, affects 10,000 people in France.

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(Adnkronos) * A shortness of breath that appears even after a modest effort, a persistent tiredness, a swelling in the legs. Apparently common symptoms, especially with the advance of age, which can be attributed to other cardiovascular conditions or simply to aging. Yet, in some cases, behind these signs can hide a disease still little known: the cardiac amyloidosis of transtiretin (Attr-Cm), [...] L'articolo Rare diseases, the campaign "At hea…

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A shortness of breath that appears even after a modest effort, a persistent tiredness, a swelling in the legs. Apparently common symptoms, especially with the advance of age, which can be attributed to other cardiovascular conditions or simply to aging. Yet, in some cases, behind these signs can hide a disease still little known: cardiac amyloidosis transtiretin (Attr-Cm), a rare and progressive disease that, if not diagnosed and treated in time…

Starting on Monday, October 26, a screening campaign for chameleon disease, a heart disease also known as amylosis, began.

Because of its changing symptoms, cardiac amylosis is often diagnosed too late to stop its progression before it reaches the heart. This is the nickname of "stone heart disease".

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franceinfo.fr broke the news on Monday, October 26, 2026.
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