2023-06-03 04:28:00
The doctor said that xerosis is caused by the immune system attacking the salivary glands and lacrimal glands, so symptoms such as dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, and foreign body sensation in the eyes are common; the picture shows the situation. (The picture is taken from photoAC)
[Health Channel/Comprehensive Report]Suffering from dry eyes and dry mouth for a long time, be careful of suffering from xerosis. The doctor said that xerosis is caused by the immune system attacking the salivary glands and lacrimal glands, so symptoms such as dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, and foreign body sensation in the eyes are common. Take this self-test to see if you may have Xerosis.
Linkou Chang Gung Rheumatology, Allergy and Immunology DepartmentFacebook fansThe article pointed out that Sjogland’s disease (xergism) is an immune disease. The immune system will attack the salivary glands and lacrimal glands, so you often feel dry mouth, difficulty swallowing, dry eyes, and a foreign body sensation. These are the symptoms of xerosis Typical symptoms.
Doctors emphasized that dryness can be divided into two types: primary and secondary, and a small number of patients will be combined with other immune diseases, so long-term follow-up is very important, and regular screening for complications.
●Primary:There are only dry symptoms such as dry mouth and dry eyes, but no other autoimmune diseases.
●Repeatability:Combined with lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, scleroderma, and other immune diseases.
How to judge whether there is dryness? The doctor said that in addition to clinical symptoms, saliva/tear tests, ultrasound examinations, nuclear medicine examinations, and even biopsy, as well as blood tests to check the status of antibodies SSA and SSB, etc., can be used to determine whether it is xerosis. In addition, you can also self-test whether you may have xerosis through the following 6 points.
●Whether there is persistent dry eye problem lasting more than 3 months.
●Whether you have the feeling of sand in your eyes repeatedly.
●Do you use artificial tears more than 3 times a day?
●Whether you have dry mouth that lasts for more than 3 months.
●Whether you need to drink liquids to help swallow dry food.
●And does not include: ever received head radiation, acute hepatitis C infection, AIDS, graft versus host disease (GVHD), sarcoidosis, amyloid deposition disease, IgG4-RD.
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