Sarcoidosis

No

It appears that granulomata (sarcoidosis) per se does not exert a significant ill effect on surrounding muscle cells. Some times polymyositis leads to a diagnosis of sarcoidosis.

There's no cure for sarcoidosis, but the condition often improves without treatment within a few months or years. The symptoms are not usually severe and don't tend to affect everyday life.

It may show as an elevated white blood cell count. A number of different tests may be carried out to diagnose sarcoidosis, depending on which organs are affected.

not very many. mostly female africans get sarcoidosis. roughly 200,000 in the US.

Yes, if it involves the nervous system. Approximately two-thirds of those with the condition will recover completely; the remainder will have a chronically progressing or on-and-off course of illness.

It is about 60% in women vs 40% in men. There does not seem to be a reason why.

Organs that are affected by sarcoidosis disease include lungs, skin, eyes, musculoskeletal, nervous system, heart, reproductive system and other organs. This disease can affect any organ and this usually happens to more than one organ at a time.

Season 5 episode 22 The final diagnosis is Sarcoidosis.

Sarcoidosis has been one of the few remaining "mystery diseases" of modern medicine. First discovered in 1877 by Jonathan Hutchinson.

Sarcoidosis is such an odd disease. It can affect the lungs, skin, lymph nodes, blood vessels and more. It produces, in many cases, lumps or nodules. It may be genetic, or environmental or do to other causes that just can't be explained. I would ask you doctor where it is. How did he make the diagnosis? Also ask what can you do for it. Is it causing you problems? Many times it "goes away" on it own or can come back. Such a very odd problem. I have it and two of my 3 daughters have it. We all have it in different places.

A person with Sarcoidosis not get a seasonal flu shot

I was diagnosed with Sarcoidosis in August 2009. I have numerous ovarian cyst and a complex nabothian cyst. I asked the Sarcoid specialist if there was a connection between the two and he clearly told me No.

The doctors in my opinion do not know enough about Sarcoid to give a definitive answer of No......

I also have numerous cyst on my thyroid gland

Perhaps since environmental factors may be the cause.

No, you should have a equine veterinarian come out and biopsy the tumor to see how aggressive it is. Once that is done the vet can tell you what treatment is best for your horse. meat tenderizer has been used on proud flesh, but not on sarcoids as it will not do anything to the sarcoid other than possibly irritate the horse.

No. The body's immune system normally fights off infections by releasing white blood cells into the blood to isolate and destroy the germs. This results in inflammation (swelling and redness) of the body tissues in that area. The immune system responds like this to anything in the blood it doesn't recognize, and dies down when the infection has been cleared.

sarcoidosis rarely causes COPD. It more likely to cause interstitial lung disease instead. The difference between COPD and interstitial lung disease is the the former is OBSTRUCTIVE in nature whereas the later is restrictive in nature.

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Serum ACE levels are elevated in approximately 80-90% of patients with active sarcoidosis

It may be possible.

For difficult to treat (refractory) sarcoidosis and sarcoidosis involving the nervous system (neurosarcoidosis), recent research using biologic medications that inhibit tumor necrosis factor (TNF-blockers) has been beneficial. The TNF-blockers used were adalimumab (Humira) and infliximab.

Perhaps it will.

Yes, she did.

The skin is affected in about 25% of people with sarcoidosis.

This can cause tender, red bumps or patches to develop on the skin (particularly the shins), as well as rashes on the upper body.