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- | Sarcoidosis patients with extensive pulmonary fibrosis should be aware that they may experience ongoing bouts of pulmonary immunopathology – which includes extreme shortness of breath – as the fibrotic collagen remodels. Remodelling occurs as the the vitamin D metabolites normalize, for much the same reason as arthritic joints recover during the several years of Phase Three. | + | Sarcoidosis patients with extensive pulmonary fibrosis should be aware that they may experience ongoing bouts of pulmonary immunopathology – which includes extreme shortness of breath – as the fibrotic collagen remodels. Remodelling occurs as the vitamin D metabolites normalize, for much the same reason as arthritic joints recover during the several years of Phase Three. |
Those who have been on 24/7 oxygen should be encouraged to keep the concentrator handy for a year or two into Phase Three, out of an abundance of caution. | Those who have been on 24/7 oxygen should be encouraged to keep the concentrator handy for a year or two into Phase Three, out of an abundance of caution. |