When I was first diagnosed with thyroid cancer, I didn't feel any odd lumps or nodules in my neck, but I was suffering from muscle weakness, tiredness and getting constant colds. After a particularly nasty bug I noticed that my lymph nodes never seemed to go down in size.
SIRS is nonspecific and can be caused by ischemia, inflammation, trauma, infection, or several insults combined. Thus, SIRS is not always related to infection. Venn diagram showing overlap of infection, bacteremia, sepsis, systemic inflammatory response syndrome (SIRS), and multiorgan dysfunction.
What causes TTR-FAP? Family genetics are the main cause of TTR-FAP. This means that there is a chance that the mutated gene that causes the disease can be inherited from one or both of your biological parents. And, if you carry the genetic mutation, there is a chance that you can pass it on to your children.