For the past few days, or weeks — or is it months? — it feels like I’ve been hurting more and more. It’s easy to lose track of time when one day lost to pain blends into the next. It’s difficult for me to explain, so I can only imagine…
A standard heart ultrasound scan, called transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), may help screen for cardiac sarcoidosis when used alongside symptoms and heart rhythm tests, a study found. Adding heart strain imaging or three-dimensional echocardiography did not appear to significantly improve its overall diagnostic value. Although TTE had low sensitivity,…
Black/African American people with sarcoidosis are more likely than non-Hispanic white patients to develop certain eye problems, including inflammation in the front of the eye and nerve damage, a study shows. In contrast, white sarcoidosis patients were found to have a higher risk of inflammation in the back part…
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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