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Post sarcoidosis chronic fatigue syndrome

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Chronic Fatigue associated with Sarcoidosis

Fatigue is one of the most commonest complains reported by patients with sarcoidosis (in around two thirds) (1)

  • in a majority of cases it is under recognized by the health professionals
  • skeletal muscle weakness and reduced exercise tolerance is considered to be main features (1)
  • it results in substantial reduction of health and also has a negative effect on quality of life (1,2)
  • fever, weight loss, general malaise, depression, and raised C reactive protein may be associated with fatigue (2)

In some patients fatigue seems to persist even after remission of the disease.

This is known as

  • post-sarcoidosis chronic fatigue syndrome
  • and include a complex of clinical features such as incapacitating fatigue, low spirit, wide-spread myalgia and sleep disturbances (1)

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