What is Sarcoidosis?
'''Sarcoidosis''' is a [[granulomatous]] disorder that can affect multiple organs. The [[lungs]] are affected most often (in 9 out of 10 cases in the UK). It is a noncaseating restrictive lung diseasee. {{Infobox medical condition | name = Sarcoidosis | synonyms = Sarcoïdosis, sarcoid, Besnier–Boeck–Schaumann disease<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Konstantinidis G |title=Elsevier's Dictionary of Medicine and Biology: in English, Greek, German, Italian and Latin|date=2005|publisher=Elsevier|isbn=978-0-08-046012-3|page=1454|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lCKRIT-7X6UC&pg=PA1454|language=en}}</ref> | image = Chest X-ray of sarcoidosis nodules.png | caption = Chest X-ray showing the typical nodularity of sarcoidosis, predominantly in the [[Root of the lung|hila]] of the lungs. | field = [[Rheumatology]], [[Immunology]] | pronounce = sar-koy-DOH-sis | symptoms = {{ubl|Depends on the organ involved<ref name=NIH2013What/>|'''Lungs''': [[wheezing]], cough, [[shortness of breath]], chest pain<ref name=NIH2013Sym/>|'''Skin''': lumps, ulcers, discolored skin<ref name=NIH2013Sym/>|'''Children''': weight loss, bone pain, feeling tired<ref name=NIH2013Sym/>}} | complications = | onset = 20–50 years old <br> More common in women<ref name=NIH2013Risk/> | duration = Few years to long term<ref name=NIH2013What/><ref name=Wj2015/> | causes = Unknown<ref name=NIH2013What/> | risks = Family history<ref name=NIH2013Risk/> | diagnosis = Based on symptoms and [[tissue biopsy]]<ref name=Gov2015/> | differential = [[Tuberculosis]], [[lymphoma]], [[infectious mononucleosis]], [[pulmonary eosinophilia]]<ref>{{cite book| vauthors = Ferri FF |title=Ferri's differential diagnosis: a practical guide to the differential diagnosis of symptoms, signs, and clinical disorders|date=2010|publisher=Elsevier/Mosby|location=Philadelphia, PA|isbn=978-0-323-07699-9|page=Chapter S|edition=2nd}}</ref> | prevention = | treatment = [[Ibupro