Visceral pain is often described as generalized aching or squeezing. It is caused by compression in and around the organs, or by stretching of the abdominal cavity. Sometimes visceral pain may radiate to other areas in the body, making it even harder to pinpoint its exact location.
Data from the largest analysis to date of amyloid plaques showed they can appear 20 or 30 years before dementia symptoms.
U of C scientists think that abnormal protein deposits inside brain cells cause âfrontotemporal degeneration.â And while the proteins vary, they do not include amyloid, a substance found in Alzheimerâs patients.