Sarcoidosis (cont.)
Where can a person find more information on sarcoidosis?
Current sarcoidosis research and clinical trials
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI)
Division of Lung Diseases
5333 Westward Avenue
Room 6A16
Bethesda, MD 20892
If you are interested in participating on NHLBI clinical
studies of sarcoidosis, have your physician write to:
National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
Pulmonary Branch
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 10, Room 6D06
Bethesda, MD 20892
Information and publications for patients and families
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
9000 Rockville Pike
Building 31, 7A32
Bethesda, MD 20892
Sarcoidosis Family Aid and Research Foundation
460A Central Avenue
East Orange, NJ 07018
Many local chapters of the American Lung Association host
support groups
for sarcoidosis patients. The address and telephone number of
the chapter
nearest to you should be in your local telephone directory. Or
you can
write or call the association's national headquarters:
American Lung Association
1740 Broadway
New York, NY 10019-4374
(212) 315-8700
- Sarcoidosis is a disease that causes inflammation of
body tissues.
- The cause of sarcoidosis is not known.
- Sarcoidosis commonly affects the lungs and skin.
- Diagnosis is suggested by the patient's medical
history, routine tests, a physical examination, and a chest x- ray.
- Many patients with sarcoidosis require no treatment.
- For more severe disease, cortisone-related medications are used. Other treatments are considered, as above, depending on what areas of the body are affected and to what degree.
References:
American College of Rheumatology, National Meeting, 2007.
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