What Is Sarcoidosis and How to Fight it

In the following reports you are going to learn about sarcoidosis, and autoimmune diseases in general. Including many things your doctor never told you probably because he didn't know them. You’ll learn what may be happening to your body when you have sarcoidosis. What the underlying causes of it may be. And what may need to be considered in attempting to deal with it. You will have a better understanding of sarcoidosis after reading these reports.

Sarcoidosis shares much in common with other autoimmune diseases. Research on any particular one usually, but not always, applies to the other autoimmune diseases. They have similar underlying causes and conditions, and consequently similar ways of dealing with them.

The main symptom that labels an autoimmune disease as sarcoidosis is a type of inflammation with granulomas. Most commonly they are found in the lungs, skin, lymph nodes, liver or spleen. Often they go away after a few years but even if they do that, they can come back later with a vengeance.

Some of the latest research has shown that it is bacteria in the granulomas that initiate and cause sarcoidosis. So this is definitely one autoimmune disease where antibiotics or supplements that kill bacteria or help the body to better kill bacteria can play a vital role.

These bacteria produce vitamin D. So people with sarcoidosis may suffer from vitamin D toxicity. Especially if they are out in the sun a lot, drink vitamin D fortified milk, or take supplements with vitamin D. This is completely different than an autoimmune disease like MS where there is usually not enough vitamin D. It may be advisable to test your vitamin D levels. If they are high drastically limit exposure to the sun and refrain from taking anything with added vitamin D. After several months elevated vitamin D levels would then start to level out.

You may experience Sarcoidosis in almost any part of your body, although it usually affects some organs more than others. It usually starts in one of two places:

• Lungs
• Lymph nodes, especially the lymph nodes in your chest cavity

Sarcoidosis also often affects your:

• Skin
• Eyes
• Liver

Less often, sarcoidosis affects your:

• Spleen
• Brain
• Nerves
• Heart
• Tear glands
• Salivary glands
• Bones and joints

Rarely, sarcoidosis affects other organs including your:

• Thyroid gland
• Breasts
• Kidneys
• Reproductive organs

Sarcoidosis almost always occurs in more than one organ at a time and Sarcoidosis has an active and a nonactive phase.

• In the active phase, the granulomas form and grow. In this phase, symptoms can develop and scar tissue can form in the organs where the granulomas occur.
• In the nonactive phase, the inflammation goes down and the granulomas stay the same size or shrink but, the scars may remain and cause symptoms.

The course of the disease varies greatly among people.

• In many people, sarcoidosis is mild. The inflammation that causes the granulomas may get better on its own. The granulomas may stop growing or shrink. Symptoms may go away within a few years.
• In some people, the inflammation remains but doesn't get worse. You may also have symptoms or flare-ups and need treatment every now and then.
• In other people, sarcoidosis slowly gets worse over the years and can cause permanent organ damage. Although treatment can help, sarcoidosis may leave scar tissue in the lungs, skin, eyes, or other organs. The scar tissue can affect how the organs work. Treatment usually does not affect scar tissue.

Changes in sarcoidosis usually occur slowly (e.g., over months). Sarcoidosis does not usually cause sudden illness. However, some symptoms may occur suddenly. They include:

• Disturbed heart rhythms
• Arthritis in the ankles
• Eye symptoms

In some serious cases in which vital organs are affected, sarcoidosis can result in death.

Sarcoidosis is not a form of cancer.

There is no known way to prevent sarcoidosis.

Sarcoidosis was once thought to be a rare condition but it is now known to affect tens of thousands of people throughout the United States. However, because many people who have sarcoidosis have no symptoms, it's hard to know how many people have the condition.

Sarcoidosis was identified in the late 1860s. Since then, scientists have developed better tests to diagnose it and have made advances in treating it.

What Causes Sarcoidosis?

The cause of sarcoidosis is not known and there may be more than one cause behind it.

Scientists think that sarcoidosis develops when your immune system responds to something in the environment (e.g. bacteria, viruses, dust, chemicals) or perhaps to your own body tissue (autoimmunity).

Normally, your immune system defends your body against things that it sees as foreign and harmful. It does this by sending special cells to the organs that are being affected by these things. These cells release chemicals that produce inflammation around the foreign substance or substances to isolate and destroy them.

In sarcoidosis, this inflammation remains and leads to the development of granulomas or lumps.

Scientists have not yet identified the specific substance or substances that trigger the immune system response in the first place. They also think that sarcoidosis develops only if you have inherited a certain combination of genes.

More research is needed to discover what causes sarcoidosis but we do know that you can not catch it from someone who has it. Here are some general symptoms of autoimmune diseases that are thought to be connected to Sarcoidosis.

Symptoms of Autoimmune Diseases

Spouses and family members, even though someone may look perfectly healthy, if they have an autoimmune disease, they are truly ill. It is not in their head.

The following symptoms are common in many, if not all, autoimmune diseases.

Fatigue: It’s not a good fatigue, from working hard, but an anxious, uncomfortable fatigue related to lack of sleep. Or a disruption of the energy production mechanism in cells, either from lack of oxygen, increased toxicity, infections or a malfunction of the mitochondria.

Sleep Disturbance: About 80% may wake up three or four times a night, or in some cases you don’t wake up, but in the morning you still feel like a truck ran over you. The reason for this is that subliminal seizures kick you out of stage 4, Delta sleep, to stage 1 sleep so you can’t sleep deeply and wake up not rested.

Short Term Memory Loss: Because of the low thyroid and heart complications typical in autoimmune diseases, there is a decrease in blood flow to the left lobe of the brain causing an oxygen deficiency in the brain. This can lead to the memory loss and forgetfulness that is common in autoimmune diseases.

Emotional Liability: Someone may cry more easily, be more anxious and fearful. This is caused by the illness, and is not a psychological reaction!

Depression: As with the emotional symptoms, the hypothalamus is involved. This is not clinical depression, but literally has a physical cause that is sometimes experienced as a deep depression right in the heart.

Low Thyroid Function. About 85% have this symptom, but only about 10% of the time does it show up on a typical thyroid test. If you get tested, have both a T3 and T4 done. About 10% have excessive hair loss. For most everyone, a poorly performing thyroid will show up as subnormal temperatures.

Gastrointestinal Problems: About 75% have this symptom. Can be anything from gas, bloating, cramps, diarrhea or constipation to hiatal hernia, irritable bowel syndrome or Crohn’s Disease. Sometimes taking a simple homeopathic remedy like arsenicum album, 6x or 6c and make a difference with this.

Swollen Glands, Chemical Sensitivity, and Headaches: Allergies often develop, usually after 3 to 5 years. Eyes can be light sensitive for 6 months or longer. Dry eyes can develop. About 20% experience a very uncomfortable disequilibrium of vertigo, almost an out of body feeling that can be most disconcerting.

Pain and Fibromyalgia: Often diagnosed as a separate illness, fibromyalgia is basically a symptom that can occur with any autoimmune disease. If you have it, you’ve got pain. Often in the neck and in shoulder muscles extending down the back. Can be in the joints and muscles also.

Low Blood Sugar.

Candida Yeast Infections: These are very common. Check your tongue. If it has a white coating, you have it. Or take the spit test you will read about later. Women may get vaginal yeast infections caused by Candida overgrowth. A Candida infection on its own can cause a number of autoimmune type symptoms. Sinus infections often are caused by Candida.

Tingling hands. Ringing ears. Cold toes. Cold fingers. Metallic taste in mouth. Caused by poor circulation and who knows what.

Overdoing: You over-exercise or overwork when you feel good, and then feel worse for days afterward. This can cause serious problems. In healthy people the body shuts down when the anaerobic threshold is reached as a lot of pain is experienced. This warning does not occur if you have an autoimmune disease. Instead, the body continues to exercise and experiences no pain as the lactic acid builds up, and the body ends up recirculating carbon dioxide. This is not a healthy thing to have happen to you. It is important not to push too hard when you start recovering, or this will set you back and wipe you out.

Fluttering Heart. Panic Attacks. Rapid Heartbeat. Mitral Valve Prolapse. Usually blood pressure is low, though it can get high later on. The heart under-pumps blood because it is getting incorrect messages from the autonomous nervous system. The body’s feedback loop picks this up and over-reacts. And you get these symptoms.

If you have autoimmune illness, it is not likely you have all these symptoms. However, you will have many of them to one degree or another.

This information is for educational purposes only. I am not a doctor. This is not medical advice on how to treat autoimmune conditions, but information to help you understand them.

What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Sarcoidosis?

Many people who have sarcoidosis have no symptoms or general symptoms that seem unrelated to Sarcoidosis. Often, the condition is discovered by accident only because a person has a chest x-ray for another reason, such as a pre-employment x-ray.

Some people have very few symptoms, but others have many.

Here is a rundown of symptoms that occur with Sarcoidosis according to which organ is affected. You may have one or many of these symptoms depending on the severity of the disease.

Lung Symptoms

When Sarcoidosis affects your lungs it produces symptoms such as shortness of breath or wheezing. You may have a dry cough that doesn’t bring up phlegm, and on rare occasions a pain in the middle of your chest that gets worse when you breathe deeply or cough.

Lymph Node Symptoms

Lymph node symptoms include enlarged and sometimes tender lymph nodes—most often those in your neck and chest but sometimes those under your chin, in your armpits, or in your groin.

Skin Symptoms

Various types of bumps, ulcers, or, rarely, flat areas of discolored skin, that appear mostly near your nose, eyes, back, arms, legs, and scalp. They usually itch but aren't painful. They usually last a long time.

Painful bumps that usually appear on your ankles and shins and can be warm, tender, red or purple-to-red in color, and slightly raised. This is called erythema nodosum. You may have fever and swollen ankles and joint pain along with the bumps. The bumps often are an early sign of sarcoidosis, but they occur in other diseases too. The bumps usually go away in weeks to months, even without treatment.

Disfiguring skin sores that may affect your nose, nasal passages, cheeks, ears, eyelids, and fingers. This is called lupus pernio. The sores tend to be ongoing and can return after treatment is over.

Eye Symptoms

Eye symptoms include burning, itching, and tearing pain. Your eyes may appear red and dry and may be sensitive to light. Anything affecting your vision may also be a symptom of sarcoidosis.

Heart Symptoms

Shortness of breath, wheezing and coughing can indicate symptoms of sarcoidosis. Irregularities with your heart such as palpitations, skipped beats, or an irregular heartbeat are also sarcoidosis symptoms.

Sarcoidosis has symptoms in almost every organ in your body. Look for pain and swelling in your Joints and Muscles. Painless holes in your bones or painless swelling, mostly in your fingers are Bone Symptoms. Liver Symptoms include pain in the upper part of the abdomen, under the right ribs, along with fever, fatigue, and itching.

Nervous System symptoms are headaches, vision problems, or weakness or numbness in an arm or leg. These also are Pituitary Gland symptoms. Paying attention to your body and noticing any irregularities is the first line of defense against Sarcoidosis.

These general symptoms are often caused by other conditions. If you have these general symptoms but don't have symptoms from affected organs, you probably do not have sarcoidosis.

Now after giving you information about this complicated autoimmune condition we will recommend different products that we feel will help treat and heal Sarcoidosis.

We suggest using the following list of supplements to help with Sarcoidosis.

Approximately 1/3 of the people using the protocol will require the full length of time suggested, while another 1/3 may require half the amount of time, and the remaining 1/3 falling somewhere in between.

The products are listed in order of importance so, depending upon your budget, you can decide how many to use. Although the use of more products can speed up the process, taking even the minimum suggested amount can provide a high likelihood of success.

Using at least the top 3 products should produce results in about 8 months. Using all of the products for 5 months should give the desired results also.

Suggested Products - 1 Month Supply -

4 containers Fulvitea

A new, improved, 30% larger Fulvitea. All-natural, energy-boosting nutrients designed for rapid absorption and immediate delivery. A potent, powdered blend containing per 5 scoop serving: Hydrolyzed Marine Collagen*, 4030 mg -- 95% pure protein in a hydrolyzed (broken down) amino-acid form. Provides the major building material for growth, repair and maintenance of skin, ligaments, bones, nails and hair. *from wild Alaskan salmon.

ClearEarth (Freshwater Diatomaceous Earth 2600 mg, Whole Colostrum (Grade A Bovine) 2080 mg Green Tea Extract - 40% Epigallocatechin gallate (EGCG) - 390 mg. Studies suggest that EGCG has an inhibitory effect on the enzyme urokinase, which is required for tumor formation. Green tea is antibacterial, able to kill Staphylococcus aureus and well-known as a potent antioxidant with the ability to block a chemical chain reaction linked to inflammation and joint damage. Vitamin C 390 mg, Zinc (Picolinate) 78 mg, ProCoQ10 (18XCoQ10) 39 mg, Manganese (Citrate) 20 mg, Vitamin B6 16 mg, Niacinamide 13 mg, Selenium (Selenomethionine) 65 mcg, Molybdenum (AA Chelate) 130 mcg, Chromium (GTF) 130 mcg, Vit E (D-Alpha Tocopherol) 30 IU

And: 3355 mg per serving of a Proprietary Nutrient Blend containing: White Fulvic Acid powder, precipitated from liquid Fulvic acid - Fulvic Acid intensifies the metabolism of proteins, increases DNA content in cells and increases the rate of RNA synthesis.

NutraFlora A short-chain Fructooligosaccharide (scFOS), derived from sugarbeet and other natural sugars. Safe for diabetics, assisting in the absorption and utilization of minerals and amino acids. scFOS passes, intact, through the stomach and small intestine to the colon, where it is fermented by beneficial bacteria into short-chain fatty acids (SCFA). The production of SCFA lowers intestinal pH to an optimal level for keeping calcium, minerals and amino acids in solution for a longer period of time, making them much more absorbable.

Aulterra - Natural paramagnetic and diamagnetic elements from an ancient seabed mineral deposit, Aulterra supports the utilization and effectiveness of nutraceuticals and herbs in the diet.

Pascalite - A rare, calcium bentonite/montomorillonite, non-swelling clay, which has a long history of health uses. Pascalite provides trace minerals in oxide form, so they are easily assimilated.

Humic Acid Powder, Organic Milk Thistle powder extract, Chokeberry, Organic Cinnamon, Organic Tumeric, Organic Hawthorne Berry leaf and stem powder, Australian Mtn Pepper and Stevia. $119.00 each

3 bottles Creation Elixir

Operates at the highest level in terms of its capacity to stop the pathological sequence of all disease. It provides a natural and completely effective method of stopping the negative reciprocating cycle of inflammation and cell destruction that leads to chronic ill health. All disease is based on these negative reciprocating cycles that build on themselves. This causes the body to be trapped in disease cycles that our body's innate mechanisms cannot stop without some sort of input. The frequency vibrations instilled in Creation Elixir are able to halt these negative disease causing inflammation and cellular destruction cycles that destroy health in a much more effective manner than anything else available in mainstream or alternative medicine. $87.00 each

3 bottles Custom Elixir RAD

This custom Elixir has been imbued with vibrations from healing stones found in the SW USA. 100% of the strength of the vibration in RAD is directed towards eliminating cancer and pathogens such as candida, viruses, molds and mycoplasma.

RAD vibrational energy simply overwhelms the low energetics of the cancerous cells and pathogenic vibrations until they no longer are able to survive.

The other factor that is absolutely essential in healing the body is cellular regeneration. Without doing so the impact of stopping the negative cycle of inflammation and cell destruction will not make a lot of difference. The reason why Creation Elixir is so effective is that it is also able to bring about cellular regeneration which must be related to dramatically increasing stem cell production in the body and super organizing the genetic structure behind cell replication. The energies that Creation Elixir inputs into the body vigorously stimulate cellular regeneration. $49.95 each

3 bottles Oxy DHQ

A bit stronger than the original OxyE. It is fortified with 15% sea-ormus, 84 minerals, 39 enzymes, dissolved oxygen (from D2So4 in solution at 6%), DHQ (Dihydroquercetin from Siberian Larch) and Vitamin C.

In the body, OxyDHQ stimulates the on going process of oxidation and reduction. During this process, the release of free oxygen and hydrogen will help to stabilize toxic elements in the body by polar bonding and electrical charge. The toxins are then soluble and can be eliminated by the body. It assists in bringing the pH level to a neutral 7 as well. For sarcoidosis it serves two primary functions. It will detoxify your body. And it will kill the pathogens, especially the bacteria causing the sarcoidosis. $69.95 each

2 bottles Defense

The four main ingredients in Defense are Black Cumin, Muscadine Grape Seed, Tsi-Ahga and Allicin-Release Product. Allicin: reduces blood pressure, kills microscopic organisms, poisonous bacteria, parasites and fungal infections, reduces high blood cholesterol, removes heavy metals and other toxins, scavenges and removes free radicals, repairs immune system cells by providing high sulfur compounds, and increases blood circulation. The Allicin in two capsules of Defense is equivalent to eating 45 whole bulbs of garlic!

Black Cumin has just as impressive scientific research that shows it to have very beneficial anti-microbial properties. It has been demonstrated to have potent anti-microbial properties and science has demonstrated why it has always been the best bet to combat colds and viral infection. One of the most important components of Black Cumin Oil is known to be effective for bronchial asthma and respiratory allergies because of its ability to expand and relax the airways. It has been shown to reduce allergy symptoms up to 90% over long term use. Also stimulates the bone marrow to produce immune cells, increases interferon production, protects the body against viruses and inhibits infection.

Tsi-Ahga is derived from Conks that grow on certain cone-bearing trees. The 3-beta-D-glucans which it contains, increase the number of T-Cells, Macrophages and white blood cells. In fact, it has been established that the number and viability of these particular cells is increased by as much as 4000% within 20 hours after taking Tsi-Ahga! Tsi-Ahga also contains compounds that support the thymus and spleen (essential to insuring that immune cells are properly programmed), anti-tumor polysaccharides, and perhaps the highest source of germanium in nature. Germanium is an oxygen catalyst and one of the most powerful free-radical scavengers found in nature.

Muscadine Grape Seed contains higher levels of antioxidants than blackberries, black raspberries, blueberries, cranberries, red raspberries, and strawberries.

One bottle supplies 60 gelatin capsules. For serious needs use 4 to 6 capsules a day. Take one or two a day for maintenance. $29.95 each

For maintenance thereafter, use 1 Oxy DHQ per month

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