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Thank you for your interest in the Natural Medicine approach to treating disease and healthy living! Caring Medical is currently a full time Prolotherapy doctor's office, headed by Ross Hauser, MD and we are blessed to fill the needs of patients seeking an alternative to surgery. We are accepting new patients and athletes suffering from chronic pain, sports injuries, and arthritis for treatment with Prolotherapy. Due to this large demand in Prolotherapy, we are not currently accepting new patients for natural medicine conditions, this includes autoimmune conditions, weight loss, menopause, hormones, or cancer. Through the years, we have seen so many lives turn around for the better with some of the methods discussed on this page, and encourage you to seek a Natural Medicine practitioner at www.acam.org.
Sarcoidosis is a rare autoimmune disease that affects multiple systems that afflicts people between the ages of 20 and 40. There are an estimated 25,000 cases in the United States. The disease, especially in its acute form, is five times more likely to affect women then men, and ten times more likely to affect African Americans than Caucasians.
How does sarcoidosis develop?
Sarcoidosis is caused by an abnormal, exaggerated response of the immune system. The immune system produces antibodies that attack the body and cause inflammation, most frequently in the lungs. In sarcoidosis, abnormal collections of dead tissue known as granulomas settle in the body's organs. If symptoms develop quickly, a diagnosis of acute sarcoidosis is made; if the condition develops slowly over a period of years, the disease is considered to be chronic. Some physicians believe that sarcoidosis may result from a respiratory infection caused by a virus. Others suspect that exposure to toxins or allergens in the environment are to blame. A genetic predisposition to the disorder is also considered.
What are the symptoms of sarcoidosis ?
Some people who have sarcoidosis never develop symptoms. However, in acute sarcoidosis there may be symptoms, including cough, fever, night sweats, weight loss, fatigue, pain in the joints and painful red lesions on the shins. People who have chronic sarcoidosis initially may experience no symptoms but gradually develop increasing shortness of breath and cough. Both acute and chronic sarcoidosis may cause redness of the eyes, blurry vision and skin lesions on the nose and face. Sarcoidosis also may result in high levels of calcium in the blood and/or urine, which may lead to nausea, constipation and, eventually, kidney damage.
Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of sarcoidosis but they do not address the root of the problem. Generally, by undergoing comprehensive natural medicine testing, the reasons the body is producing antibodies against itself can be found. Some of these reasons include sensitivities or allergies to foods, inhalants and chemicals and various infections.
Discover why we believe that natural medicine treatments are the best way to treat sarcoidosis.
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