Sarcoidosis is a disease which, despite many years of research, still has no known specific cause. Sarcoidosis is not a cancer and is not a contagious disease in some cases it seems to run in families.Medical textbooks twenty years ago listed the disease as being primarily one of African American women and patients of Scandinavian descent.arcoidosis is not a cancer and is not a contagious disease in some cases it seems to run in families. Medical textbooks twenty years ago listed the disease as being primarily one of African American women and patients of Scandinavian descent.
A recent press release from Connecticutâs Lyme Research Alliance (LRA) cautions that, during summer, flu-like symptoms (fever, chills, aches, and exhaustion) could be a sign of Lyme. Brush up on your Lyme IQ with these essential points: Lyme disease is even more widespread than we originally thought.
Some people already have enough trouble determining if they have a cold or a flu; the symptoms are similar, although the flu's symptoms are a bit more intense. But it may be especially difficult to know if you have swine flu or seasonal flu, as the symptoms are, again, extremely similar. Symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, stuffy or runny nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue. Swine flu patients also report diarrhea and vomiting, not usually present in seasonal flu.