Sarcoidosis

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This paper explores the disease sarcoidosis. The paper describes the symptoms, the treatment and other important aspects of the disease. According to the paper, sarcoidosis is not contagious.

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"How one gets the disease is not yet known. Medical science has proven that it is not contagious. There have been several rare occasions in which the disease has been found in twins and family members. While these families displayed the disease in several members there has been no connection to a genetic or inheritable trait at this time. "One theory of the mechanism of disease is that an antigen exposure causes dysfunction of the lung immune response resulting in a T-lymphocyte immunity that promotes inflammation and granulomas in the lung(Sarcoidosis http://www.epler.com/wsarc_gi1.html)."
To diagnose the disease there are several factors involved. When a patient presents with an enlarged or several enlarged lymph nodes or other signs of tissue growth a biopsy is often ordered. One of the first places that the disease is often seen is on the leg or just under the skin on other areas of the body biopsies of other organs is often recommended. While it can develop at any age it is rare for a child to develop it. Children over the age of four are diagnosed and treated in the same way that adults with the disease are diagnosed and treated. Children under the age of four however, is are but when it is found it is characterized differently than adult onset. A triad of ras, eye inflammation and arthritis without the involvement of the lungs is most common in young children who develop sarcodosis(Sarcoidosis http://www.epler.com/wsarc_gi1.html). "Diagnostic approach and treatment is similar to that for adults. For the most part, the outcome of sarcoidosis in children is favorable, in 15% to 20%. There may be sustained damage from the disease(Sarcoidosis http://www.epler.com/wsarc_gi1.html)."

Sample of Sources Used:

• (What Is Sarcoidosis? http://www.nhlbi.nih.gov/health/dci/Diseases/sarc/sar_whatis.html)
• Sarcoidosis http://www.epler.com/wsarc_gi1.html
• Sarcoidosis http://www.lungusa.org/site/pp.asp?c=dvLUK9O0E&b=35766

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