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Symptoms
Sarcoidosis can affect almost any organ in the body. Symptoms typically depend on which organ the disease affects. Discuss your specific organ symptoms (lung, heart, eyes, skin, central nervous system) and meet others who have had similar experiences.
Bone Sarcoid
- By janepauline · New reply November 22, 2009
- 38 replies
- I think I may be developing sarcoid in my bones. My ankle is really painful and it feels as though it is in the distal bone end. Does anyone else have bone sarcoid? What are the symptoms and how were ...
Insulin Resistance
- By ubacool12 · New reply November 22, 2009
- 1 reply
- I have read that insulin resistance happens at the cell wall level and that with proper diet, vitamins and minerals, this syndrome partially or completely repairs itself in some people. My experience ...
Need your input, please
- By Tashabella · New reply November 20, 2009
- 10 replies
- I have sarcoidosis in my lymph nodes so I know about this, but there's something I'm not sure about. I was wondering if any of you know the answer to this question. My friend's husband has undergone a ...
Collecting symptoms
- By L96 · New reply November 20, 2009
- 82 replies
- Weird as that may sound. I'm new here, and have been reading topics all over the place before saying too much. One thing I have noticed is that a lot of people seem to share the same symptoms, and they ...
Severe itching
- By Cathy5 · New reply November 19, 2009
- 52 replies
- HI, I was diagnosed with sarcoidosis 6 years ago. The past year and a half I have been dealing with severe itching. I take prednisone and 2 prescription antihisamines. Last year the doctor wanted to do ...
Got Bronchospasms??
- By mvaughn1018 · New reply November 19, 2009
- 10 replies
- I have been experiencing pains in my right and left side-(lung/rib area), radiating around to my back. After a trip to the ER today for this along with chest tightness, I was told that I was having bronchospasms-(inflammation ...
TIAs
- By grammy5 · New reply November 19, 2009
- 6 replies
- My 29 year old son had been working out like he does every day. He had a bit of a headache but it got worse after his work out. His left arm felt numb and he was having trouble seeing. It seemed to ease ...
Question for those diagnosed with heart sarcoid
- By Dandee40 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 20 replies
- Hi all, I will be posting an update soon but am waiting to get all of my test results and biopsy results given to me. I should have all results by the end of November or the first week of December. In ...
Sarc on the Pleura
- By Govnah · New reply November 18, 2009
- 4 replies
- Just curious if anyone has sarc on their pleura? I was diagnosed with sarc October 2008 with nodules both in my lungs and pleura. I have been in pain for a year now and the last few days have been almost ...
My sarcoidosis diagnosis
- By GeeGee12 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 2 replies
- it all started when i was running and hit my leg on the rail and i knew i was supposed to feel pain but i didnt feel anything ...
Big Lymph nodes popped up on arms
- By DoreenC · New reply November 18, 2009
- 10 replies
- Has anyone had enlarged lymph nodes pop up on their arms? I have one large lymph node in the crook of my arm where you bend the elbow on both sides. It's in the area where phlebotomists like to get your ...
Skin Problems
- By whoknows06 · New reply November 18, 2009
- 4 replies
- I'm having issues with a small patch of skin that's about size of a pencil eraser that never heals. Very thin skin covers it so it doesn't bleed but if I take a long bath it get raw. And I also have little ...
Chest Pain & Shortness of Breath
- By chawkes · New reply November 16, 2009
- 3 replies
- I have had sarcoidosis since 2002 and it's in my lymph system, muscels and joints. I have an xray taken every 6 months to ensure nothing is going on with my lungs and so far so good, nothing abnormal ...
kidney/bladder stones make me suicidal
- By David2727 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 26 replies
- I'm down again, since the day before yesterday. I've got this terrible pain again because of these stones. I can't leave the house cause i got to pee every 5 minutes. When I get kidney/bladder stones ...
Shocks and Blackout
- By mvaughn1018 · New reply November 16, 2009
- 18 replies
- I've had three episodes for the last three days. Since last week, I can feel the inflammation in my chest in the center and the left. My recent symptom is a scared shock and my heart feels like it jumps ...
passed out while doing the valsalva maneuver
- By Woody2 · New reply November 13, 2009
- 7 replies
- Hello All, Just some reminder background info before I go into this discussion. I have sarc of the lungs, spleen, liver, and heart. I currently take Imuran and I also take Toprol XL for the palpitations ...
Very Confused
- By JackieP · New reply November 12, 2009
- 4 replies
- Hi I just joined the group. To start with I'm retired and 64 y/o. Last year I was walking upwards of two miles a day. Then during the summer I started having chest pain while I walked. My Dr. sent me ...
Sarc/Lupus---Difference?
- By Farina · New reply November 12, 2009
- 2 replies
- I have sarc, not lupus, but I know that others have both as well as other autoimmune diseases. I'm not clear on what the difference is between lupus and sarc and know that this forum is where I'll get ...
What is Stress Response for Neurosarcoidosis?
- By bigjoe · Posted November 11, 2009
- 0 replies
- I have run across this several times and have had trouble getting specific answers as it relates to Neurosarcoidosis. You can find what "stress response" means in a lot of other invironments, but little ...
Sarkie sweats confirmed
- By seaokie · New reply November 10, 2009
- 5 replies
- Hi all, I had a visit to the regular doc (who is an internist) this week, as a last hurrah before I run out of insurance. One of the issues I brought up was the sweating. We've all talked about it and ...
Help and information from FSR
Sarcoidosis is a "multiorgan" disease - meaning it almost always involves more than one organ. It's unpredictable and affects different people in different ways.
You can learn about the ways in which sarcoidosis affects the body in FSR's Sarcoidosis and the Body brochure.
