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Sjögren's syndrome can damage vital organs, with symptoms that may plateau or worsen, or go into remission, as with other autoimmune diseases. Some people may experience only the mild symptoms of dry eyes and mouth, while others have symptoms of severe disease.
Sjogren's syndrome "is a disorder of your immune system identified by its two most common symptoms — dry eyes and a dry mouth," according to the Mayo Clinic, while the National Institutes of ...
The incidence of post-stroke depression peaks at 3–6 months and usually resolves within 1–2 years after the stroke, although a minority of patients can go on to develop chronic depression. The diagnosis of post-stroke depression is complicated by other consequences of stroke such as fatigue and psychomotor retardation – which do not ...
Sensory neuronopathy is thought to involve 40% of neuropathies in Sjogren's syndrome and 5% of all cases of Sjogren's overall, it is usually subacute in onset. Other immune mediated causes of sensory neuronopathy include systemic lupus erythematosus, autoimmune hepatitis and celiac disease. [4] Toxin exposure can also lead to sensory ...
Stroke is the 5th-leading cause of death in the U.S. and a leading cause of severe disability. On average, a person dies from stroke every 4 minutes. He was given hours to live after stroke. 17 ...
Patients who are seronegative for SSA and SSB antibodies require a mandatory positive lip biopsy result to receive a diagnosis of Sjogren's. One definitive reference for the this comes from Dr. Alan N. Bauer, (2012, The Sjogren's Book, Sjogren's Syndrome Foundation, Wallace, Daniel J. editor; Table 18-1 Diagnostic Testing in Sjogren's, pg. 174.
Sjögren syndrome, an autoimmune diseases named after Swedish ophthalmologist Henrik Sjögren; Sjögren–Larsson syndrome, an autosomal recessive form of ichthyosis apparent at birth; Marinesco–Sjögren syndrome, a syndrome consisting of cerebellar ataxia, mental retardation, congenital cataracts; Rabén & Sjögren, a book publishing company ...
Immunofluorescence pattern of SS-A and SS-B antibodies. Produced using serum from a patient on HEp-20-10 cells with a FITC conjugate. Anti-SSA autoantibodies (anti–Sjögren's-syndrome-related antigen A autoantibodies, also called anti-Ro, or similar names including anti-SSA/Ro, anti-Ro/SSA, anti–SS-A/Ro, and anti-Ro/SS-A) are a type of anti-nuclear autoantibodies that are associated with ...