Do People With Hiv Get Sarcoidosis

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HIV+ with sarcoidosis

I am hiv pos as of feb 99. Abot a year before that i had a lump on my wrist i found out itws sorcodosis have you heard of that? I woner if that is something that happens to hiv people sometimes? My doctor realy never mentions about my sorcodosis...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

I think you mean "sarcoidosis", which is an inflammatory disease of unknown cause. It is unusual for it to be severe enough to be life-threatening. It is not associated with HIV, just a coincidence. Depending on where the sarcoidosis... Read more »

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I went to my hiv doctor yesterday And it was the first time he had seen my bumps from my my sar.... Read more »

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