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Hi there, I’m 24f and recently diagnosed with sarcoidosis by my rheumatologist based off of blood work. Are there other tests I should have done to confirm? I’d love to hear about your journey.
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You have to have a biopsy. There is no blood test out there that can definitively say your issue is Sarc VS something else. If your doc has made this diagnosis based on a blood test then what they have actually done is taken all the diseases they know of that can cause the issues you're having, run the tests they know that will give them diagnoses, and when they all came back "negative", they decided it must be Sarc because it wasn't anything else. A diagnosis of exclusion isn't a proper diagnosis.
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I was diagnosed with pulmonary and lymphatic sarcoidosis in 2018. I had a lung biopsy
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I had lung biopsy and PET scan
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Biopsy from my lung
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How was you diagnosed with systemic sarcoidosis?
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They found nodules in my gallbladder and sinuses. Also, I have lung, heart, and skin involvement. I have hearing loss that they feel is associated. Plus food allergies (peanuts and red dye) when I have a sarcoid flair. I doctor with a team at Mayo Clinic.
@Elaine_L do you go to this team in person or virtually?
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Hi, Elaine_L what else do you have that got you the diagnose of systemic sarcoidosis?
I was diagnosed via lung biopsy. I have systemic sarcoidosis.
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I have pulmonary sarcoidosis and was diagnosed by a lung biopsy. If you have any questions ask. Hope you are feeling well. 🙂
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@SheriLeigh Is it normal to Lose so much weight . I have pulmonary. I don't have trouble breathing. My Ace is low 27. I have had a swollen lymph node under my neck going on 2 years. PET scan showed that being clear. Biopsy showed granulomas on lungs. I'm so tired.But very stressed I loss my mom Thanksgiving. I have no family left. And you know how friends are they are sick of us complaining
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I had lung biopsys, it’s been scary during Covid for sure. With pulmonary sarcoidosis I’m a nervous wreck. It hasn’t been active in years, but there is permanent damage. When it was active I was mainly feeling exhausted, I was about 30 raising my baby and wondering why I was struggling so much. The exhaustion was debilitating
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@Jenh I can relate
I was diagnosed by biopsy of some big red nodules on my legs otherwise I would have had to have a lung biopsy.
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What kind of sarcoidosis? I have Pulmonary sarcoidosis, I needed a lung biopsy to diagnose that. What kind you diagnose from the blood?
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