sarcoidsos is their a cure?

Question

There any effective treatment to cure sarcoidosis, an autoimmune disease ?

Answer 1

Cure- : Cure- no, good control -yes.

Answer 2

There : There is treatment. Diagnosis is made with biopsy. The disease affects the lungs most often. Another frequent issue is inflammation if lacrimal gland. The disease can affect many organs and needs to be followed closely. I had a patient present like photo below after much testing we learned it was sarcoidosis sarcoidosis of the iris, granulomas': http://www.Atlasophthalmology.Com/atlas/photo.Jsf?Node=5206&locale=en.

Answer 3

Word of mouth...: Selecting a good rheumatologist is difficult; try to go be word of mouht, referral from someone you know that uses that doctor; or you can contact your local medical society and let them direct you. Also; if there is a major teaching hospital in your area try to choose the doctor affiliated with that institution. Best of luck!

Answer 4

Sarcoidosis: If you have information that leads you to believe you have sarcoidosis, then you should see a pulmonolgist.

Answer 5

See below: I would look for a pulmonologist that has experience in treating sarcoid.

Answer 6

Sarcoidosis: There is no known cure for sarcoid. Historically, steroids have had some use, some newer drugs like Methotrexate and others have helped. There are some integrative methods but there has been limited success. Sometimes, after a patient has active sarcoid for a few years they will go into remisssion. A few patients have a chronic form which does not improve & needs intensive medical treatment.

Answer 7

Tincture of time: In most cases, sarcoidosis will go dormant in a few months, wether you treat it or not. In a minority of cases, it remains active and is harder to cure.

Answer 8

No cure: There is no cure but the disease is usually self limited. Rarely, however, the disease will progress and can cause death even with treatment but there are treatments available that are effect to slow to stop the progression of disease in most patients.

Answer 9

No: This is not a communicable disease.

Answer 10

Depends: Since no one knows the cause of sarcoid-we are not sure-but it is likely genetically there is defect in immunity which "could" be inherited at about the rate of 15-20% among brothers and sisters in a family sarcoid, itself, is not considered a "contagious" disease. However it has been transmitted via organ donation in other words, a patient with sarcoid donated an organ and the recipient got sarc.

Answer 11

Sarcoidosis: Dear jbennett, sarcoidosis is a disease of unknown etiology which can affect almost any part of a patient's body. It is known for the granulomas it produces--non-caseating--which can form commonly in the lungs. About 50% of the patients are african or hispanic origin, there is also a large % from northern europe. It has been found that a patient's immune response creates the granulomas. ..

Answer 12

Systemic disease: Sarcoidosis is an inflammatory disease that can effect many parts of the body. The cause is not known. "balls" of inflammatory cells called granulomas are seen in effected organs. Often a biopsy of the effected tissue showing the granulomas is required to make a diagnosis. Common ares effected include the lungs, skin , and eyes.

Answer 13

Cure?: No unfortunately not.

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