How to Use sarcoidosis in a Sentence

sarcoidosis

noun
  • The following year, doctors found sarcoidosis in his lungs, too.
    — Hua Hsu, The New Yorker, 5 Apr. 2021
  • This can lead to sarcoidosis, to creating a concrete-hard microball or shard.
    — Brandon Keim, WIRED, 9 Sep. 2011
  • Those affected by sarcoidosis also share their stories on the page.
    — Gerald Porter, Daily Southtown, 9 June 2017
  • That is how my own myocardial sarcoidosis was diagnosed almost five years ago.
    — WSJ, 19 Sep. 2017
  • Among those who received the soon-to-expire doses of the vaccine was his wife, who has the lung disease pulmonary sarcoidosis.
    — Joanne Rosa, ABC News, 24 Feb. 2021
  • Black patients are most commonly coupled with sickle cell and sarcoidosis.
    — Jennifer W. Tsai, STAT, 11 July 2018
  • The cause of death is sarcoidosis involving lungs, heart, spleen, hilar and mediastinal lymph nodes.
    — The Editorial Board, WSJ, 12 Sep. 2017
  • The symptoms of sarcoidosis vary depending on which organs the disease affects.
    — Dominique Fluker, Essence, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Some evidence suggests that nail changes affect as many as three in 188 of people with sarcoidosis.
    — Sarah Klein, Health, 25 June 2024
  • Is that part of the sarcoidosis condition you were diagnosed with in 2016?
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023
  • Others, such as those seen in Sickle cell disease, and sarcoidosis can attack other parts of the bones or the soft tissue in your fingers.
    — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes, 6 May 2023
  • Tisha Campbell is speaking out about her sarcoidosis diagnosis — and how she's maintained her health in recent years.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, Peoplemag, 6 June 2024
  • While sarcoidosis sometimes runs in families, it is not considered a hereditary disease.
    — Mayo Clinic News Network, chicagotribune.com, 16 Oct. 2019
  • Abrought has diabetes, sarcoidosis and congestive heart failure.
    — Andrew Marso, kansascity, 3 Mar. 2018
  • Her lungs were already weakened by an inflammatory disease, sarcoidosis.
    — Kaiser Health News, oregonlive, 28 Nov. 2020
  • This reactivated his sarcoidosis, and his lung function declined rapidly.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • Seven had arthritis as a symptom, and four had been diagnosed with rheumatologic diseases, such as psoriasis of the skin or sarcoidosis, which causes swollen lumps in the body.
    — Jacqueline Howard, CNN, 24 Jan. 2023
  • According to the National Institutes of Health, sarcoidosis often impacts the lungs and lymph nodes in the chest.
    — Carl Lamarre, Billboard, 4 Oct. 2023
  • The relationship between race and certain diseases, such as diabetes, sarcoidosis and lupus, is complex or not well understood.
    — Ashley Andreou, Scientific American, 7 June 2021
  • The medical examiner narrowed down the diagnosis to sarcoidosis, which causes a build-up of immune cells in organs and tissues.
    — Caelyn Pender, Mercury News, 21 Jan. 2026
  • She was diagnosed with uveitis and sarcoidosis of the eye – which includes blurred vision, photophobia, floaters, redness and pain — in 1999.
    — Journal Sentinel, 27 Oct. 2022
  • Nelson was diagnosed with HIV and sarcoidosis in 2000.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • The actress and singer talked about her experience with lung disease, specifically sarcoidosis, which impacts Black women more than white women (and men).
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 June 2024
  • After Nelson received treatment for the disease, his sarcoidosis went into remission for 20 years.
    — Tanya Lewis, Scientific American, 19 June 2026
  • Nine months later she was diagnosed with sarcoidosis of the central nervous system, a rare disease which causes inflamed cells to become granular and attack soft tissue.
    — Liz McNeil, PEOPLE.com, 13 Apr. 2022
  • Following testing, seeing a specialist, and having a biopsy done of her lungs, she was diagnosed with Stage I sarcoidosis.
    — Victoria Uwumarogie, Essence, 6 June 2024
  • The report listed the probable cause of death as an abnormal heartbeat tied to an underlying condition, systemic sarcoidosis.
    — Maveah Griffith, Charlotte Observer, 29 June 2026
  • Still, Pete’s sarcoidosis (an incurable inflammatory condition) had been wreaking havoc on his body for years.
    — Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 7 Sep. 2021
  • According to the Mayo Clinic, sarcoidosis causes clusters of immune cells to form in the body, most often in the lungs and lymph nodes, and in some cases can lead to long-term organ damage.
    — Angelique Brenes, PEOPLE, 1 May 2026
  • Krayzie, who’d been diagnosed with pulmonary sarcoidosis (a rare chronic disease caused by inflammation) in 2016, was planning on being home within a few hours.
    — Kyle Eustice, SPIN, 12 Dec. 2023

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