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Sarcoidosis: Lung Diseases
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Sarcoidosis experts continue to perpetuate many myths regarding this disease. This is the result of anecdotal misinformation which has gained credence by repetition. In other words, much of what sarcoidosis 'experts' proclaim about sarcoidosis is not substantiated by science or scientific study.
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Eating a diet low in calcium and vitamin D may relieve or help prevent two of the complications of sarcoidosis, hypercalcemia (an abormally high amount of calicium in the blood) and kidney disease. Your health care provider can provide advice on how to cut calcium out of the diet.
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A small part of the lung can be washed with 100-200mls of salty water (saline solution) to yield special white cells called lymphocytes, which are increased in sarcoidosis. The test helps assess the disease process in the lungs.
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It's a little-recognized fact that sarcoidosis can cause PFTs results to indicate obstructive lung disease (sarcoidosis is considered a restrictive lung disease). This is because chest lymph nodes may become so enlarged they compress airways and/or granulomas themselves may obstruct airways.
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All these thoughts and more run through your mind when you are told that you've been diagnosed as having a disease called sarcoidosis. This monograph was written to help you understand some of the answers to these and other questions.
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