- Introduction
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Caregiving
- Coping with Emotional Changes
- Coping with Memory Loss
- Costs and Insurance
- Creating a Daily Routine
- Exercise
- Health and Wellbeing of the Caregiver
- Home Safety Adjustments
- Mental Exercises
- Respite Care
- Talking to Children about Alzheimer's
- Talking to Friends about Alzheimer's
- Telling Someone They Have Alzheimer's
- Transition to Assisted Living
- Transition to Nursing Home
- Work
- Related Conditions
- Resources
Can Sarcoidosis Cause Memory Loss?
In 90 percent of the diagnosed cases, the inflammation is in the lungs and is called pulmonary sarcoidosis.
However, sarcoidosis may also occur in the lymph nodes, eyes, skin, joints, spleen, liver, kidney, heart, brain, salivary glands or nervous system.
Sarcoidosis occurs more frequently in Caucasians of European...
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