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Triggers
No one knows exactly what causes sarcoidosis. It is probably due to a combination of factors and genetic predisposition appears to be important. Share your family and work history, environmental exposures and seasonal disease patterns.
Bacteria in Granulomus
- By BeachBumJan · New reply August 20, 2009
- 8 replies
- My son sent me this info. Has anyone else heard this?? Some of the latest research has shown that it is bacteria in the granulomas that initiate and cause sarcoidosis. So this is definitely one autoimmune ...
Root canal
- By designing-woman · New reply August 20, 2009
- 8 replies
- Has anyone had a root canal Pryor to symptoms starting? I had one right before I started having symptoms, and I read about a connection between root canals and some forms of cancer. I have pain on the ...
What caused this Sarcoid?
- By IamGrateful · New reply August 15, 2009
- 17 replies
- I am a little curious, since most things have a cause. What do YOU think stimulates or triggers sarcoid in the body? Bottomline, what is the cause of Sarcoidosis ...
Pulmonary Hypertension question
- By IamGrateful · New reply August 10, 2009
- 7 replies
- I have Sarcoid of my lungs. My heart rate is ususlly 110 resting and 130 with activity. My echocaridogram is normal. I'm a little curious because I hear many speaking of having Pulmonary Hypertension ...
Christain Ways To Reduce Stress
- By IFGODBEFORYOU619 · New reply August 8, 2009
- 17 replies
- Stress use to be one of my biggest Sarcoid flare ups, well it still is some days and some of the small stresses today can cause serious problems breathing. We try to void stress at all cost but how can ...
military with pulmonary sarciodosis
- By nojustice · New reply July 24, 2009
- 19 replies
- I'm a 15 military vet still in just diagnosed with pulmonary sarc looking to see how many other vets or active military people have been diagnosed ...
Natural Gas
- By gloriann · Posted July 20, 2009
- 0 replies
- I was wondering if anyone knows anything about the use of a gas stove or gas heat and the affects it has on our lungs. I think were fixing to change out our gas stove to an electric one, cause when I'm ...
Laying down after taking medications
- By Great-gram · New reply July 12, 2009
- 3 replies
- Hi! This is to all my friends in my groups and any others who happen to read this. Any of us can have multiple diagnoses. But some of the things that we do can aggravate and/or cause other problems. Pain ...
How would someone go about asking to be tested for Sarcoidosis?
- By ImaHouseEpisode · New reply July 11, 2009
- 10 replies
- I am still early in my diagnosis but its pretty certain I have sarc in my heart, in my lymph nodes (lungs) and on my skin. My question is for my biological mother and half sisters... I am adopted but ...
Sarcoidosis and chlorine
- By Gina49 · New reply July 9, 2009
- 5 replies
- I am trying to find out if chlorine affects people with sarcoidosis,my mother has it and she swims, but now she has notice bumps on the end of her nose on both side, she's wondering if the chlorine in ...
Exercise and Recurrence
- By seaswmr · New reply June 28, 2009
- 16 replies
- I have tried for the past 4 months to get back on my regular exercise routine of alternating aerobics and weights. (Not body building) After about two weeks I go into a relapse of symptoms and have to ...
Coming off dairy
- By OkieTokie · New reply June 21, 2009
- 23 replies
- Dear Friends, I guess my life is taking another turn for the boring. I ate cheese, sour cream and cream cheese yesterday and felt like crap all night. My favorite foods are loaded with cheese! Pizza ...
Doctor's: "implications" or "accusations"
- By eriksmom · New reply June 20, 2009
- 29 replies
- I have an interesting topic I would like to bring up. I have had the same family doctor for many years. He is the one who originally suspected Sarcoid when he first say my x-rays. Since he is the kind ...
Here comes the sun
- By OkieTokie · New reply June 12, 2009
- 12 replies
- Okay, you sarcoidal mediacs. My main flare trigger is direct sunlight. I wonder if having many years of exposure to said light of sun (aka sol) could have CAUSED the Sarc to manifest. Could TOO MUCH bad ...
Teacher Sarc
- By eriksmom · New reply June 6, 2009
- 10 replies
- Interesting information that I just found out today. In 2003 when my school building was being renovated was the year I was diagnosed with Sarc. A secretary here also came down with the disease when her ...
EPA Investigating School Environment
- By OkieTokie · New reply June 6, 2009
- 1 reply
- Dear Teachers, Our friends and talking heads@CNN are investigating any links in health and school environment. Seems they are WAY concerned about the babies who might get sick, no mention of the Teachers ...
Byetta, Anyone?
- By Englishteach · New reply May 31, 2009
- 9 replies
- I had a thought last night: Are there many sarkies out there who are now or have ever been on Byetta? Just wondering ...
Overnight sweats/Fatique
- By jamee · New reply May 30, 2009
- 15 replies
- Hello everyone, I was diagnosed with pulmonary sarc, arthritis in the joints, but I am on no meds, about 6 years ago. I want to share what I have experienced this week and would love some feedback from ...
Prophylactic
- By OkieTokie · New reply May 27, 2009
- 7 replies
- Dear sarcofreniacs, I was wondering if taking pred would keep the sarc from spreading to other organs. If I have it in my lungs, will pred keep my heart from getting invaded? Do you think the immune system ...
Is sarcoidosis genetic?
- By llynn · New reply May 26, 2009
- 18 replies
- My father has sarcoidosis and I was recently diagnosed. I have been told by a friend that it is not at all genetic and it's exremely rare for two people in the same family to have it, but I find that ...
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.
