Complications of sarcoidosis. Chronic fatigue syndrome.
Well-recognised complications are pulmonary fibrosis, cor pulmonale, glaucoma, cataract and nephrocalcinosis causing failure of lungs, heart, vision and kidneys. Less well-recognised is the post-sarcoidosis chronic fatigue syndrome. The afflicted join sarcoidosis patients' associations because of their profound symptoms of myalgia, fatigue, sleep reversal and low-spiritedness. The symptoms are out of proportion to the lack of physical signs and the absence of objective evidence of sarcoidosis. Management includes unremitting sympathy and replenishment of essential neurochemicals.
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D015673:Fatigue Syndrome, Chronic / Q000209:etiology*; D006801:Humans; D012507:Sarcoidosis / Q000150:complications*