I am not a “sickfluencer.” Having a chronic illness or disability is not “cool” or “a lifestyle trend.” Of course, some sick and disabled people are, in fact, quite cool and trendy (as are, believe it or not, some healthy and able-bodied people!). But it is not the disease that…
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Levels of certain proteins carried by extracellular vesicles (EVs), tiny cargo-filled sacs released by cells, may help predict whether people with pulmonary sarcoidosis respond to standard treatment with prednisone or methotrexate, a study suggests. Higher levels of three EV-carried proteins involved in immune responses were associated with a better…
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Outcomes among more than 1,800 people newly diagnosed with cardiac sarcoidosis differed by diagnostic features, including heart tissue sampling to confirm the disease and whether it also affected other organs, a large real-world study using registry data found. The group of patients diagnosed without a heart biopsy and with…
Becoming educated and informed about sarcoidosis is a good first step. Here you’ll find general information about the disease, including diagnosis, symptoms, and causes.
It helps to know others have been where you are now. Here’s a collection of our columnists’ words of wisdom to help you along on your sarcoidosis journey.
There is no cure for sarcoidosis yet, but here you can find more information about current therapeutic approaches, as well as experimental treatments that are in the pipeline.
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