However, three months after delivery, the doctor will be alert to the possibility of recurrence when the steroids of the body are once again at a lower level. Patients with sarcoidosis lead a normal life in every way. They carry on with normal employment and they are allowed a full social and athletic life. Sarcoidosis patients have won medals in the Olympic Games, become Judo champions, and sailed single-handed around the world. Almost certainly not.
Familial sarcoidosis is extremely rare.
Your friends and family must be reassured that they will not contract sarcoidosis either by close physical contact or by sharing intimate objects. The cause of sarcoidosis has so far eluded doctors but we know for certain that cancer is not a part of it. Q. My doctor mentioned something about Hodgkin's Disease. Sarcoidosis is not related to lymphoma, Hodgkin's Disease, leukemia or cancer. You need not get rid of your pets.