What Are the Signs and

 Symptoms of Sarcoidosis?

Joint and Muscle Symptoms

• Joint stiffness or swelling—usually in your ankles, feet, and hands.
• Joint pain.
• Muscle aches (myalgias).
• Muscle pain, a mass in a muscle, or muscle weakness.
• Painful arthritis in your ankles that results from erythema nodosum. It may need treatment but usually clears up in several weeks.
• Painless arthritis that can last for months or even years. It should be treated.

Bone Symptoms

• Painless holes in your bones.
• Painless swelling, most often in your fingers.
• Anemia that results from granulomas affecting your bone marrow. This usually should be treated.

Liver Symptoms

• Fever
• Fatigue
• Itching
• Pain in the upper right part of your abdomen, under the right ribs
• Enlarged liver.

Parotid (pah-rot'id) and Other Salivary

 Gland Symptoms

• Swelling, which makes your cheeks look puffy
• Excessive dryness in your mouth and throat.

Blood, Urinary Tract, and Kidney Symptoms

• Increased calcium in your blood or urine, which can lead to painful kidney stones
• Confusion
• Increased urination.

Nervous System Symptoms

• Headaches.
• Vision problems.
• Weakness or numbness of an arm or leg.
• Coma (rare).
• Drooping of one side of your face that results from sarcoidosis affecting a facial nerve. This can be confused with Bell's palsy, a disorder that may be caused by a virus.
• Paralysis of your arms or legs that results from sarcoidosis affecting your spinal cord.
• Weakness, pain, or a "stinging needles" sensation in areas where many nerves are affected by sarcoidosis.

Pituitary (pi-tu'i-tar"e) Gland Symptoms (Rare)

• Headaches
• Vision problems
• Weakness or numbness of an arm or leg
• Coma (rare).

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