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sarcoidosis

SARCOIDOSIS

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Sarcoidosis is a multi-system dis that is caused by inflammation of body tissues . It particularly affects the lungs and lymph nodes but it can affect any other body parts . The cause of this dis is yet to be established and its cure has also not yet known . Its symptoms in most cases come gradually but might after some time appear abruptly . This is going to have an in-depth analysis of what perhaps leads to this dis , give some of the symptoms that

are characteristic of this disease , its possible treatment and the group that is most affected by it

The disease was identified for the first time over a century ago in England by a doctor known as Hutchinson and another doctor from Norway called Caesar Boeck and that was why the disease originally came to be referred to as Boeck 's or Hutchinson 's disease . Unfortunately , it is the young persons mostly those within the age bracket of 20 to 40 years and those that look strong and energetic that are affected (Baughman , 2006 Its appearance might at first appear to be mild but after sometime this may turn to be fatal . This dis when this dis is critically analyzed , it seems to vary across gender as it is women who are more affected than men and this is a claim that is supported by a survey that was conducted by the American Lung Association that revealed that black females are affected...

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