Prognosis of Sarcoidosis: Often good. Many cases heal (60-70%). Most other cases are bearable. Fatal complications 5-10% of patients. ...see also Overview of Sarcoidosis
Prognosis for Sarcoidosis: Sarcoidosis is usually not crippling. It often goes away by itself, with most cases healing in 24 to 36 months. Even when sarcoidosis lasts longer, most patients can go about their lives as usual. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Sarcoidosis: NHLBI) ...see also Overview of Sarcoidosis
Deaths from Sarcoidosis: 572 deaths (NHLBI 1999)
Estimated mortality rate for Sarcoidosis from prevalence and deaths statistics:
Estimated mortality rate for Sarcoidosis from incidence and deaths statistics:
Complications of Sarcoidosis may include:
Complications of Sarcoidosis from the Diseases Database include:
See also complications of Sarcoidosis.
In general, sarcoidosis appears briefly and heals naturally in 60 to 70 percent of the cases, often without the patient knowing or doing anything about it. From 20 to 30 percent of sarcoidosis patients are left with some permanent lung damage. In 10 to 15 percent of the patients, sarcoidosis can become chronic.
When either the granulomas or fibrosis seriously affect the function of a vital organ--the lungs, heart, nervous system, liver, or kidneys, for example--sarcoidosis can be fatal. This occurs 5 to 10 percent of the time. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Sarcoidosis: NHLBI)
No one can predict how sarcoidosis will progress in an individual patient. But the symptoms the patient experiences, the doctor's findings, and the patient's race can give some clues.
For example, a sudden onset of general symptoms such as weight loss of feeling poorly are usually taken to mean that the course of sarcoidosis will be relatively short and mild. Dyspnea and possibly skin sarcoidosis often indicate that the sarcoidosis will be more chronic and severe.
White patients are more likely to develop the milder form of the disease. Black people tend to develop the more chronic and severe form. (Source: excerpt from NHLBI, Sarcoidosis: NHLBI)
The 'prognosis' of Sarcoidosis usually refers to the likely outcome of Sarcoidosis. The prognosis of Sarcoidosis may include the duration of Sarcoidosis, chances of complications of Sarcoidosis, probable outcomes, prospects for recovery, recovery period for Sarcoidosis, survival rates, death rates, and other outcome possibilities in the overall prognosis of Sarcoidosis. Naturally, such forecast issues are by their nature unpredictable.
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