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Sarcoidosis affects organs, often the lungs, lymph nodes and skin. Symptoms depend on the organ affected, but typically include tender bumps on the skin, breathing problems and persistent cough. Often symptoms aren’t severe, improving without treatment within a few months.
There’s no cure, but symptoms can usually be managed with medication. It’s impossible to predict how sarcoidosis will affect a person, and symptoms vary widely depending which organs are involved. In acute sarcoidosis, symptoms develop suddenly but they clear within a few months. Occasionally there are no symptoms, being found coincidentally after an X-ray for other