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Diseases » Sarcoidosis » Glossary

Glossary for Sarcoidosis

Acute rheumatic fever: Bacterial joint infection with risk of heart complications.
Amyloidosis: A rare group of metabolic disorders where a protein called amyloid accumulates in body organs and tissues where it can cause damage and is potentially fatal. Symptoms depend on the organs involved. There are numerous forms of the condition: primary amyloidosis, secondary amyloidosis, hemodialysis-associated amyloidosis and familial amyloidosis.
Arthritis: General name for any type of joint inflammation, but often means age-related osteoarthritis.
Bell's Palsy: A usually temporary facial nerve disorder where a part or all of the face becomes suddenly paralysed.
Berylliosis: A condition that results from inhalation of beryllium in to form of dust or fumes. The lungs, skin eyes or blood may be affected and the affects can occur immediately or after long term exposure.
Besnier-Boeck-Schaumann disease: A rare disease where inflammatory granular nodules form in various organs.
Blindness: The inability to see out of the eyes
Breathing difficulties: Various types of breathing difficulty (dyspnea).
Bronchiectasis: Chronic bronchiole dilation from secretions and blockages.
Cachexia: physical wasting with loss of weight and muscle mass caused by disease
Cataracts: Cloudy areas on the eye's cornea interfering with vision.
Chest pain: Pain in the chest area.
Chest tightness: The sensation of tightness located in the chest
Chronic Fatigue Syndrome: Severe chronic fatigue disorder often following infection.
Chronic cough: The chronic noisy sudden expulsion of air from the respiratory tract
Chronic liver disease: Any form of chronic liver disease
Coccidioidomycosis: An infectious disease caused by a fungus called Coccidioides immitis which is found in the soil. Transmission usually occurs through inhalation but can rarely occur through the skin. Very rarely, infection can spread throughout the body to involve the skin, bones, joints, lungs and central nervous system which can be fatal if untreated.
Dacryoadenitis:
Dactylitis: Sausage shaped swelling of the fingers and the toes.
Death: The cessation of life
Diplopia: Double vision
Discoid lupus erythematosus: Form of lupus affecting the skin.
Dry Eye: Dry eyes or gritty eye feeling.
Dry mouth: A condition characterized by the sensation of a dry mouth
Erythema nodosum: Allergic skin condition usually on the legs
Exophthalmos: Protrusion of one or both eyes
Eye conditions: Any condition that affects the eyes
Eye symptoms: Symptoms affecting the eye
Face symptoms: Symptoms affecting the face
Fungal infections: Any condition caused by fungus.
Glaucoma: Glaucoma is the term for a diverse group of eye diseases, all of which involve progressive damage to the optic nerve. Glaucoma is usually, but not always, accompanied by high intraocular (internal) fluid pressure. Optic nerve damage produces certain characteristic visual field defects in the individual's peripheral (side), as well as central, vision.
Gout: Painful joints, most commonly the big toe.
Granuloma: A small aggregation of mononuclear inflammatory cells
Heart damage: Any damage that occurs to the heart
High blood calcium: Abnormally high levels of calcium in the blood.
Histoplasmosis: Lung infection from fungus Histoplasma capsulatum
Hodgkin's Disease: A form of cancer that affects the lymphatic system.
Hypercalcemia: Raised level of calcium in the blood
Hyperparathyroidism: Increased secretion of parathyroid hormone from the parathyroid glands.
Hyperphosphataemia: An increased level of phosphate in the circulation above that which is considered normal
Hypersensitivity pneumonitis:
Hypothyroidism: Too little thyroid hormone production.
Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis: Lung fibrosis from unknown causes.
Infectious arthritis: A rare condition where arthritis occurs as a result of joint infection by a bacteria, virus or fungus. Symptoms vary according to the infection type.
Interstitial lung disease: Any condition which affects the interstitium of the lungs
Kidney damage: Any damage that occurs to the kidneys
Leishmaniasis: A rare infectious disease caused by any of a number of parasitic Leishmania species. Infection can cause any of three different manifestations: cutaneous leishmaniasis, mucosal leishmaniasis and visceral leishmaniasis.
Leprosy: A chronic, progressive infectious disease caused by Mycobacterium leprae which causes skin sores and also affects the eyes, mucous membranes and peripheral nerves.
Liver conditions: Any condition that affects the liver
Liver damage: Any damage that occurs to the function or structure of the liver
Lung cancer: Lung cancer is a disease of uncontrolled cell growth in tissues of the lung. This growth may lead to metastasis, which is the invasion of adjacent tissue and infiltration beyond the lungs. Most lung tumors are malignant.
Lung conditions: Various conditions affecting the lungs or related airways.
Lung damage: COPD is defined as the destruction of the air spaces distal to the terminal bronchioles and their walls and without obvious fibrosis.
Lung granuloma: A nodular aggregation of mononuclear inflammatory cells which is located in the lungs
Lung symptoms: Symptoms affecting one or both lungs.
Lyme disease: Lyme disease is an emerging infectious disease caused by at least three species of bacteria belonging to the genus Borrelia.
Lymphoma: Cancer involving lymph nodes and the immune system.
Mononeuritis multiplex: A rare neurological condition where nerve damage occurs at more than one site. Nerve damage can result from conditions such as diabetes mellitus, cancer, rheumatoid arthritis and blood vessel diseases.
Multiple Sclerosis: Autoimmune attack on spinal nerves causing diverse and varying neural problems.
Myocarditis: Inflammation of the myocardium (muscle walls of the heart)
Myositis: One of the underlying causes for muscle weakness/myopathy.
Neck Cancer: Any cancer that occurs in the neck
Nephrocalcinosis: A condition characterized by calcium salt deposits in the kidneys which may affect it's ability to function. The condition refers to a generally increased level of calcium in the kidneys rather than actual localized deposits such as occurs in kidney stones. It may be caused by such things as high blood calcium levels and tuberculosis. The condition often goes unnoticed until kidney or urinary tract stones form.
Nerve symptoms: Symptoms affecting the nerves
Neuromyelitis Optica: A demyelinating disorder associated with transverse myelopathy and optic neuritis
Neurosarcoidosis: A rare disorder involving sarcoidosis of the nervous system. Sarcoidosis is a chronic inflammatory disorder that can affect virtually any part of the body. Neurosarcoidosis involves inflammation and abnormal deposits in parts of the nervous system including the brain and spinal cord which affects their functioning. Symptoms may be sudden and severe or may be mild and progress slowly. Symptoms are determined by the degree of nerve involvement.
No symptoms: The absence of noticable symptoms.
Non-Hodgkin's Lymphoma: A type of lymphoma, a cancer affecting lymph nodes and the immune system.
Ophthalmoplegia: A disorder that is characterised by the paralysis of the eye muscles
Optic neuritis: Optic nerve inflammation
Osteoporosis: Bone thinning and weakening from bone calcium depletion.
Parotid gland enlargement:
Pericarditis: Inflammation of the membrane surrounding the heart
Persistent cough: The noise produced from the sudden expulsion of air from the lungs
Pleural effusion: Fluid in the pleural spaces.
Pneumoconiosis: A lung disease caused by breathing in coal dust. It often occurs in people employed in the coal industry. Generally symptoms stop once the exposure ceases.
Pneumothorax: Air in the pleural spaces around the lungs.
Podagra: A condition which is characterized by a gout like pain in the toe
Proteinuria: Protein in the urine
Pulmonary fibrosis: A scarring condition that affects the lungs
Respiratory conditions: Any condition that affects the respiratory system
Restrictive cardiomyopathy: A condition which is characterized by restriction to the function of the walls of the heart
Rheumatic fever: An inflammatory disorder that can occur as a complication of untreated streptococcal bacterial infection such as strep throat or scarlet fever. The condition may affect the brain, skin, heart and joints.
Rheumatoid arthritis: Autoimmune form of arthritis usually in teens or young adults.
Sarcoid: A granulomatous disorder affecting many systems, in particular the lungs, skin and eyes.
Shortness of breath: The feeling of being short of breath
Sialadenitis: Salivary gland inflammation due to obstruction of the salivary gland or a duct.
Sinusitis: Sinusitis is an inflammation of the paranasal sinuses.
Sjogren's Syndrome: Autoimmune disease damaging the eye tear ducts and other glands.
Skin conditions: Any condition that affects the skin
Spleen conditions: Any condition that affects the spleen
Syphilis: A sexually transmitted disease caused by a bacteria (Treponema pallidum). The condition is often asymptomatic in the early stages but one or more sores may be present in the early stages. Untreated syphilis usually results in remission of visible symptoms but further severe damage may occur to internal organs and other body tissues which can result in death.
Toxoplasmosis: Infection often caught from cats and their feces.
Tracheal Stenosis: Narrowing and hardening of the trachea.
Tuberculosis: Bacterial infection causing nodules forming, most commonly in the lung.
Uveitis: A condition which is characterised by the inflammation of the uvea of the eye
Wegener's granulomatosis: A rare disease involving blood vessel inflammation which can affect the blood flow to various tissues and organs and hence cause damage. The respiratory system and the kidneys are the main systems affected.
Xerostomia: A medical term for a dry mouth due to insufficient saliva. There are numerous causes of a dry mouth including medications and nerve damage.