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what it is, how you get it, what happens to the system, does the body try to fix itself, what medicines do you need to take and is it curable? Respitory system
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Sarcoidosis Is inflammation of the lungs, skin, liver, eyes, or any other tissue. Its tiny clumps of abnormal tissue formed in certain organs of the body.
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how you get it No one is quite sure on how somebody would get it
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what happens to the system Your system gets inflamed and my cause a stroke
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does the body try to fix itself, Yes! In fact it may get better with out any treatment at all!
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what medicines do you need to take Corticosteroids, prednisone or methylprednisolone. Therapy may continue for 1 or 2 years and for the most severely affected patients may need lifelong therapy. Drugs that suppress the immune system are sometimes also needed: The drug used most often is methotrxate, but azathioprine and cyclophosphamide.
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is it curable Very much so.
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