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…
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Last month, I had two intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) infusions and three other medical appointments. This month, I have “only” one infusion and two appointments because I’ll be away for a few weeks. When I come back — another short month — I’ll have two infusions and five appointments. And so…
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A study examining patients’ blood and lymph nodes at the time of sarcoidosis diagnosis and before treatment found signs of inflammation but no detectable microorganisms, challenging the long-held hypothesis that infectious microorganisms may cause sarcoidosis. “Our findings demonstrate that the inflammatory response…
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