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.
A condition called amyloid angiopathy is often associated with stroke. Amyloid angiopathy is the accumulation of protein fragments in blood vessels. Typically, the presence of amyloid in the brain is associated with Alzheimer's disease, Parkinson's disease and several types of dementia.