Sarcoidosis

Disease and Symptom Management 

• Up to 30% of patients are thought to have chronic sarcoidosis⁴
• 10% to 20% of patients experience permanent sequelae⁴
• Almost 2/3 of patients will experience spontaneous remission¹

Treatment Recommendations

• Worsening symptoms
• Limitation of activity
• Markedly abnormal or deteriorating lung function   
• Worrisome X-ray changes (cavitation, fibrosis, conglomerate masses, signs of pulmonary hypertension) 
• Heart, nervous system, or eye involvement   
• Renal or hepatic insufficiency or failure  
• Moderate to severe hypercalcemia  
• Disfiguring skin or joint disease 

Follow-up tests should be performed in asymptomatic patients.⁴

Corticosteroids^4,6 

• Although many are not currently approved to treat sarcoidosis, corticosteroids are often used empirically  

Lung Transplantation⁶ 

• For patients with life-threatening fibrotic disease

Supportive Care⁶ 

• Smoking cessation
• Oxygen therapy   
• Pulmonary rehabilitation  
• Palliative care