Sarcoidosis should not interfere with your pregnancy or affect your unborn baby. Many women's symptoms improve while they are pregnant because the body produces a higher level of its own corticosteroids. Your doctor may order a chest x-ray about 3 months after delivery to check for disease recurrence.

Men with sarcoidosis that affects the nervous or endocrine systems might experience erectile dysfunction, but this is rare.

Chronically high blood sugar levels can increase your chance of having a baby that's too large for a vaginal delivery, meaning that you could have a difficult delivery or require a cesarean section. Uncontrolled gestational diabetes also puts you at greater risk for a disorder called preeclampsia, or high blood pressure during pregnancy. This can cause problems for both you and your baby.

Yes, studies have shown that a mother's oral health can directly affect the health of her unborn baby. According to the US Journal of Periodontology, a pregnant woman with periodontal disease is seven times more likely to have a baby that is pre-term (born too early) or has a low birth weight.

The cause of Crohn's disease is unknown. Studies suggest that this and other inflammatory bowel diseases may result from an abnormal response by the body's immune system to normal intestinal bacteria.1 Disease-causing bacteria and viruses also may play a role in causing the condition. Crohn's disease can run in families, so some people may be more likely than others to develop the condition when exposed to something that triggers an immune reaction.

Preeclampsia is often silent, showing up unexpectedly during a routine blood pressure check and urine test. In cases like this, if the baby is near term (after 36 weeks) the baby is induced, delivered and the mother watched and sent home as usual. If preeclampsia occurs earlier in the pregnancy, especially for a mother expecting multiple births, its impact is more profound. Time off work, bed rest, medication and even hospitalization may be prescribed to keep the blood pressure under control.

In addition to African-Americans--and African-American women in particular--sarcoidosis most commonly occurs in people of Scandinavian, German, Irish, and Puerto Rican descent. No one knows why. Researchers are still investigating the role that genetics or hereditary factors may play in disease development.

Most of the patients with sarcoidosis lead normal lives. They carry on usual social, intellectual, artistic and athletic activities. Sarcoidosis, unless severe and progressive, will not interfere with your life style, nor should it interfere with the achievement of your goals.

Women who had genital warts in the past, but no longer have them, will most likely not have any problems during pregnancy or birth. However, for women who have genital warts during pregnancy, the warts may grow, or may become larger and bleed. In rare cases, a pregnant woman can pass HPV to her baby during vaginal delivery. A baby that is exposed to HPV very rarely develops warts in the throat or voice box.

Diabetes can indeed affect pregnancy. It can affect the baby's development. They may end up heavier than normal and the risk of premature birth is higher. Some women may acquire what is known as Gestational Diabetes during pregnancy, which is controllable with insulin injections, which goes away after birth.

Good oral hygiene is especially important during pregnancy because some dental disorders can be exaggerated during pregnancy. The hormonal changes during pregnancy can exacerbate the way the gingival tissues (gums) react to dental plaque--the cause of periodontal disease. It is the plaque and not the hormonal changes that can cause periodontal disease. Prevention is even more important during pregnancy to prevent these problems from occuring.

Pregnancy can be a rather overwhelming time as your body undergoes massive changes. Knowing in advance how these changes are going to affect you will hellp in dealing with them. For example, dry, itchy skin will need the skin-smoothing benefits of an enriched moisturizer like Dermalogica Body Hydrating Cream or Dermalogica UltraRich Body Cream and soap-free cleanser such as Conditioning Body Wash.

A Any lactation tissue in your breasts will enlarge during pregnancy, which enlarges your breasts, possibly to about the size they were before your surgery. This can be worrisome to women who do not want to go back to their previous size. Keep in mind, though, that it is pregnancy and not lactation that increases breast size, so without surgery your breasts would still enlarge during pregnancy, becoming even larger than they are now. And they will enlarge whether you breastfeed or not.

It's a myth that calcium is lost from a mother's teeth and "one tooth is lost with every pregnancy." But you may experience some changes in your oral health during pregnancy. The primary changes are due to a surge in hormones ? particularly an increase in estrogen and progesterone ?- can exaggerate the way gum tissues react to plaque.

There is no evidence that an ectopic pregnancy affects menstrual periods or changes the timing of menopause. However, women often report an irregularity in their cycle following an ectopic pregnancy and, if it was necessary to undertake surgery on the ovary or remove one of the ovaries, this can result in menopause developing slightly earlier. However, the impact does not appear to be significant.

If you are planning on getting pregnant, you should be very cautious about the placement of any tattoo near the abdominal area. Not only will the tattoo stretch during pregnancy--there is no guarantee that the tattoo will go back to its original shape after the birth of your baby. Be particularly wary of getting any tattoo where the shape is important, such as with symmetrical tribal pieces, or Celtic knots.

Your diet during the nine months of pregnancy directly impacts the development of your baby -- including teeth. Because your baby's teeth begin to develop during the second trimester of pregnancy, it is important that you receive recommended amounts of calcium, protein, phosphorous, and vitamins A, C, and D. Consult your physician and dentist for information about proper diet nutrient levels during your pregnancy. [TOP]

The most important thing to remember is that every thing that goes into your body affects your child during pregnancy. Take a look at articles "Why Do I Need Pre-Natal Care?" or "What's on the Menu" in the "Options Magazine Articles" section of this site.

Evidence suggests that there is no increase in the risk of complications among women infected with HIV.

If you have caught herpes simplex before becoming pregnant you can give birth normally. This is because during the last few months of pregnancy, babies in the womb develop antibodies to all the infections (‘childhood illnesses’) that their mothers have previously caught (and have antibodies for). These protect the baby from infection during childbirth and for 3 to 6 months afterwards; longer when breastfed.

Any chronic illness will have an effect on mental attitude. Individuals become frustrated, tired and depressed. Any type of fever is unusual in sarcoidosis. Fever may occur in sarcoidosis along with night sweats, chills and high fevers. But, every attempt should be made to exclude infections and lymphoma that commonly cause fever.

Only if you have sarcoidosis of the nervous or endocrine system, might you experience impotence. This feature is rare.

I went in to my doctor with large red bumps on my arms and legs, with pain and stiffness in my arm joints.

The cause of sarcoidosis is unknown. Possible causes could be infection, a hypersensitivity response, a genetic predisposition or environmental causes such as exposure to chemicals. As the cause is unknown current treatments are designed to treat the symptoms of sarcoidosis rather than cure this disease.

There is no cure for sarcoidosis, but the disease may get better on its own over time or with drug therapy. Drug treatments are used to relieve symptoms, reduce the inflammation of the affected tissues, reduce the impact of granuloma development, and may prevent the develop-ment of lung fibrosis or other irreversible organ damage.