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what is granulomatous disease? is it related to ra?

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CGD: Chronic granulomatous disease is a genetic defect of white blood cells, specifically polymorphonuclear leukocytes.  Granulomas, on the other hand, are a form of pathological change in tissues usually due to infections, but other causes as well, such as sarcoid, foreign bodies, and so on.  Whether it is related to your RA can best be discussed with your rheumatologist, and would definitely do this.

Question 2

what is granulomatous disease?

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Chronically inflamed: Tissue due to infection, contains granules. If you were referring to CGD, chronic granulomatous disease, is a primary immune deficiency disorder where the white blood cells, phagocytes do not function well, resulting in chronic granulomatous inflammation in many organs secondary to infections with bacteria and fungi

Question 3

what does it mean when result say there are changes of old granulomatous disease?

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Change in activity: Granuloma means a collection of immune cells in an area of body. Usually this happens in a long standing infection such tuberculosis. When the appearance changes in a old tissue, it could mean a reactivation.

Question 4

what is  chronic granulomatous disease typically?

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Immunodeficiency: White blood cells (WBC) roam the various tissues  and engulf bacteria and fungi they encounter and then digest them inside themselves. When a crucial molecule, the reactive oxygen species (ros) is not present to enable the killing, the infection is not stopped. So these patients get sick often.

Question 5

what does remote granulomatous disease in lungs mean?

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Encounter to TB: If there is a sign of remote granulomatous disease in your lung, it means that the radiologist saw some calcification in your xray.
The majority of these cases means that patient at some point was infected with tuberculosis, but her or his body controlled the infection.
There are other granulomatous diseases beside tuberculosis infection such as histoplasmosis which is endemic in some areas of usa.

Question 6

what are the tests for chronic granulomatous disease?

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Chronic infections: Chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) is a genetic disorder in which  immune system cells are unable to kill some types of bacteria and fungi. The disorder leads to long term (chronic) and repeated (recurrent) infections. The condition is often discovered in very early childhood. Milder forms may be diagnosed at a later age. Check this site. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0002219/.

Question 7

what are the symptoms of chronic granulomatous disease?

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Chronic infections: Chronic granulomatous disease (cgd) is a genetic disorder in which  immune system cells are unable to kill some types of bacteria and fungi. The disorder leads to long term (chronic) and repeated (recurrent) infections. The condition is often discovered in very early childhood. Milder forms may be diagnosed at a later age. Check this site. http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmedhealth/pmh0002219/.

Question 8

do we really need any treatment  for    granulomatous disease?

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granulomatous dz: Certainly yes for chronic granulomatous disease for with prophylactic  antibiotic, antifungal and immunomodulator are recommended. Many things in medicine can cause a granulomatous disease process and treatment for each entity is dictated by the specific disease. Incidental finding of a granuloma, such as on a chest x-ray does not require any specific treatment.

Question 9

what can i try at home to treat chronic granulomatous disease?

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See md: This is uncommon condition that can affect many organs and needs experienced medical attention depending upon organs involved-rheumatology, pulmonary or in severe case ay need team approach. This has serious consequences and should not be treated with supplements as sole approach.

Question 10

what sort of disease is chronic granulomatous disease (c.g.d.)?

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Immunodeficiency: The body's immune system is made of 3 kinds of cells: t-cells, b-cells and WBC (white blood cell). Wbcs roam the various tissues  and engulf bacteria and fungi they encounter and then digest them inside themselves. When a crucial molecule, the reactive oxygen species (ros) is not present to enable the killing, the infection is not stopped. So these patients get sick very often.

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