Health Insights

Being diagnosed with a genetic disease during adulthood can be a life-changing event. Between managing your symptoms and addressing the challenges that the disease poses…

Genetic testing is a medical procedure that can determine whether you have changes in your genes or chromosomes that could cause disease. This type of…

When you’re diagnosed with a disorder as rare as familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), support groups can help you feel less isolated and better…

If you’ve been diagnosed with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), you may be wondering about how the disease might affect the length of your…

You have learned that you have familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), a rare, inherited, progressive disorder caused by abnormal deposits of proteins around peripheral nerves…

Because the first symptoms of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) usually appear after a person is well into adulthood, its diagnosis can be quite a…

If  you or a family member are diagnosed with familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP), a rare progressive disease that affects nerves and other tissues, you…

You may have a family history of familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) and be wondering if you might also have the disease. To make an…

Familial amyloid polyneuropathy (FAP) is known to affect a person’s quality of life, particularly through the damage it can do to the autonomic nervous system,…