{"id":3414,"date":"2011-10-14T23:30:21","date_gmt":"2011-10-15T03:30:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/?p=3414"},"modified":"2011-10-14T12:11:24","modified_gmt":"2011-10-14T16:11:24","slug":"sarcoidosis-what-is-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/2011\/10\/14\/sarcoidosis-what-is-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Sarcoidosis- What is it?"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>As we publish different articles on arthritis, we frequently get questions about other related diseases and conditions.<\/p>\n

One such common inquiry is about a condition called sarcoidosis.\u00a0 This inflammatory condition is frustrating and painful for the 4 in 10,000 people who suffer from it, and not just because of the symptoms and complications.<\/p>\n

Sarcoidosis is a generalized inflammation process that occurs in many of the organs of the body, differentiating it from arthritis.\u00a0 While it can cause joint pain, it isn\u2019t characterized by the immune system attacking the joints and connective tissues of the body.<\/p>\n

Instead, granulomas (or small nodules) start to form within and all around different organs, particularly the lymph nodes and lungs.\u00a0 This causes these organs to then show diminished functioning, and the sufferer would typically see fatigue, excess coughing, and infection-like symptoms such swollen lymph glands, and pain to start.<\/p>\n

Also commonly noticed with this condition are symptoms involving the kidneys and liver, and brain, and can even progress to include heart failure, seizure, and acute psychosis or dementia.<\/p>\n

Because these and other associated symptoms are common in a number of other disease processes like infections, cancer, chronic liver disease, pulmonary hypertension and others, it can be really difficult to diagnose at first.\u00a0 And, it generally winds up as a process of elimination, as so many auto-immune processes are.<\/p>\n

This is one of the non-symptom frustrations that people who suffer from sarcoidosis frequently suffer, because of the time involved in tracking down the real culprit.\u00a0 There is no one standard test that will come up positive, like a strep screen to see infection or an x-ray to see a fracture.<\/p>\n

Tests to rule out other diseases are generally what has to happen, and then you\u2019d still typically see many other tests such as CAT scan, chest x-ray, and even bronchoscopy, which is a biopsy of the bronchioles in the lung to look for the granulomas.<\/p>\n

More frustrating elements of sarcoidosis is that not only do experts not know the causes of the inflammatory process, they also don\u2019t know how to resolve it.\u00a0 So they are left with what happens with hundreds of other disease processes, which is a best guess.<\/p>\n

And when you have a best guess in modern Western medicine, you typically have a laundry list of pharmaceuticals lined up to help \u2018treat\u2019 the symptoms either collectively or individually.<\/p>\n

Not that at least making the attempt to help people is bad, necessarily, but sometimes, as frequently happens with so many disease-treatment dances, you wind up with a couple steps forward and at least one step back.<\/p>\n

There are a number of natural and lifestyle treatment options that doctors will frequently encourage, and have been seen to show very good results.\u00a0 While natural treatments aren\u2019t going to cure the condition, necessarily, they can be an effective way to combat the symptoms until the condition resolves itself\u2026which can happen.<\/p>\n

Natural and lifestyle treatments can start with something as simple as drinking a lot more water.\u00a0 Lung function improves and granulomas are more easily dispelled by the immune system under optimal hydration, so this natural option is critical.<\/p>\n

Diet will also be necessary to tewak since sufferers can, and do, see arrhythmias and other heart disease problems.\u00a0 Increasing the amount of omega-3 fatty acids in the foods eaten, such as more coldwater fish, can help to protect the heart from the effects of the inflammation.<\/p>\n

Other preventive measures such as making sure enough inflammation-fighting vitamin D is consumed and getting enough sleep at night are going to be really important, but make sure that with supplements, your doctor knows what and how much you are taking.\u00a0 Vitamin D is a fat-soluable vitamin and collects in the liver, which is already stressed out, so don\u2019t overdo it.<\/p>\n

Finally, if you are a tobacco and\/or alcohol user, you need to stop.\u00a0 Not just consider quitting or cut back\u2026you need to stop.\u00a0 Inflammation is caused by a number of toxic influences that can be generated from deficiencies, other diseases, and environment.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t do the condition any favors by adding insult to injury.\u00a0 No good will ever come from smoking, and all it does is insult the lungs, which are already being damaged by the disease.\u00a0 Too much alcohol stresses out the liver, which is another organ sarcoidosis attacks.<\/p>\n

For more inflammation-fighting superfoods and supplements, check out the guide to naturally beating Arthritis <\/a>today.<\/p>\n

Healthy Regards,<\/p>\n

Shelly Manning<\/p>\n

El331005<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As we publish different articles on arthritis, we frequently get questions about other related diseases and conditions. One such common inquiry is about a condition called sarcoidosis.\u00a0 This inflammatory condition is frustrating and painful for the 4 in 10,000 people who suffer from it, and not just because of the symptoms and complications. Sarcoidosis is […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[19,36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-arthritis","category-articles"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blueheronhealthnews.com\/site\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}