Sarcoidosis - Tissue - Live Donors
Scenarios
Acute sarcoidosis
- Includes
- Excludes
- Obligatory
Must not donate if:
- Not recovered.
- Less than five years from both finishing all treatment and full recovery.
- Discretionary
If more than five years since finishing all treatment and full recovery, accept.
- Additional information
Acute sarcoidosis is normally a self limiting disease and does not require treatment in about 90% of cases. The cause is not known but there appears to be an immune defect that can run in families. Because of the uncertainty with this condition, only potential donors who have fully recovered and been off all treatment for at least five years may donate.
Chronic sarcoidosis
- Includes
- Excludes
- Obligatory
Must not donate.
- Additional information
Chronic sarcoidosis can cause a range of problems, particularly with the lungs but also with the heart, that may pose risks for a potential donor. The treatments used may also cause immunosuppression. For these reasons people with this condition should not donate.
- Reason for change:
- To align the guidance with that for blood donors, new guidance to accept donors who required treatment but who have made a full recovery and have been off all treatment for at least five years has been added. 'Additional Information" has been added.
- Version details:
TL-DSG Edition 203 Release 17 (31 March 2013)