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Sarcoidosis Learning Center
Treatments could include:
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Organ Transplantation
- Lung Transplant
- Liver Transplant
- Heart Transplant
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Severely affected patients may need treatment with corticosteroids (prednisone or methylprednisolone). This includes people who have involvement of the eyes, heart, nervous system, and some with lung involvement. Therapy may continue for 1 or 2 ye...
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Many cases of sarcoidosis resolve without treatment. If treatment is needed, the most effective one for sarcoidosis is the administration of steroid medications. These medications work to decrease inflammation throughout the body. The long-term us...
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Lung transplantation involves removal of one or both diseased lungs from a patient and the replacement National Transplant Waiting List By Organ Type (June 2000) Organ Needed Number Waiting Kidney 48,349 Liver 15,987 Heart 4,139 Lung 3,695 Kidney-...
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Lung transplant is surgery to replace one or both diseased lungs with healthy lungs from a human donor.
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Lung transplantation involves removal of one or both diseased lungs from a patient and the replacement of the lungs with healthy organs from a donor. Lung transplantation may refer to single, double, or even heart-lung transplantation .
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Liver transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replaces it with a healthy donor liver.
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Liver transplant is surgery to replace a diseased liver with a healthy liver.
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Liver transplantation is a surgery that removes a diseased liver and replace it with a healthy donor liver.
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Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient's diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.
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Heart transplantation is surgery to remove a damaged or diseased heart and replace it with a healthy donor heart.
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Heart transplantation, also called cardiac transplantation, is the replacement of a patient's diseased or injured heart with a healthy donor heart.
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