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Treatment of Sarcoidosis
- without symptoms should not take steroids and the benefits of treatment with steroids should be weighed up against the risk of potential side effects.
| Symptoms/ Signs/ Effects of Sarcoidosis |
Treatment |
- Persistent erythema nodosum
- Pyrexia
- Arthralgia
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- Usually Non-Steroidal Anti- Inflammatory Drugs (NSAIDs)
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- Anterior uveitis
- Hypercalcaemia
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- Corticosteroid eye drops
- Oral corticosteroids
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- Severe systemic disease affecting eyes (posterior uveitis),heart, brain and vital organs,
- disfiguring skin lesions
- Persistent infiltration of the lungs with worsening lung function readings
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- Long-term corticosteroids such as 20mg to 40mg per day of prednisolone reducing to 15mg on alternate days for 6 -12 months
- This medication may be supplemented by, or replaced by immunosuppressants
- Hydroxychloroquine
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