Bernie Mac, Dead At the Age of 50. Pneumonia?

Question

On the News, they Are Saying he didn't Die of Sarcoid, Not Directly Anyway.

Is the Management of Sarcoid Oral Glucorticoids?

Answer 1

Sarcoidosis sometimes needs no treatment at all, often needs only inhaled steroids, and occasionally requires systemic steroids. If he needed systemic steroids, they'd be a factor in decreasing his immune response to the pneumonia. But my understanding was that his sarcoid was quiscent and not related to his final illness. But I have to admit to not paying much attention.

At any rate, it's a good reminder that pneumonia isn't to be taken  lightly. Though most cases can be treated with a few pills on an outpatient basis, it's never stopped being a killer, and with some of the recent antibiotic resistance problems, it's not getting any easier.

From the looks of some of your answers, I have to say I wish medicine were as simple and straightforward as non-medical people think it is.

Answer 2

I really don't know but I feel sorry for his family he was and still is a great comedy.

Answer 3

He died from complications of pneumonia and he was 50 years old. So you are right about the pneumonia.