What is Cerebral Amyloid Angiopathy?
This diagnosis means that amyloid (abnormal) protein has accumulated in the blood vessels of the brain. This protein damages the blood vessels and causes bleeding in the brain.
This pathological process is the most common cause of cognitive impairment in people over 60 years of age.
Symptoms are individual and depend on how much blood has leaked into the brain. For example, you may have cerebral amyloid angiopathy, but not be worried about the symptoms - the reason for this is that there are small, silent microbleeds. Neurological problems occur when there is a large amount of bleeding. In some clinical cases, severe bleeding in the brain can cause a coma.
The fact is that often the patient has no idea that he is a carrier of cerebral amyloid angiopathy and learns about the diagnosis quite by accident, for example, during an MRI of the brain performed for another complaint.
Acute hemorrhage manifests the following symptoms:
The exact cause is unknown to scientists, although Alzheimer's disease and high blood pressure are cited as contributing factors.
Source:
https://my.clevelandclinic.org/health/diseases/cerebral-amyloid-angiopathy
