How is Sjogren's syndrome diagnosed?

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Sjogren's syndrome is a common immune rheumatic disease, which mostly occurs in women and can occur at any age. Patients aged 30 to 60 account for 90% of all cases. The etiology and mechanism of Sjogren's syndrome are still unclear, which may be related to infection, genetics, endocrine and other factors. The disease mainly involves exocrine glands, represented by salivary glands and lacrimal glands. With the development of science and technology, there are more and more patients with Sjogren's syndrome in the eyes. It's related to your long-term attention to mobile phones, computers and other screens. Scientific eye use is an important measure to prevent Sjogren's syndrome. Let's take a look at the following.

How is Sjogren's syndrome diagnosed?

First, Sjogren's syndrome is not obvious in the initial stage of onset, the compensatory function of glands is fair, the patient's discomfort is mild, so the child is not easy to be detected, and the clinical manifestations are diverse, which can be divided into local manifestations and systemic manifestations. The main local manifestations were xerostomia and keratoconjunctivitis xerostomia.

Second, there are autoantibodies, hyperglobulinemia and other examinations, such as lacrimal gland function examination (test, but test, corneal staining test), salivary gland function examination (salivary flow, parotid gland radiography, salivary gland radionuclide scanning), tongue gland biopsy.

Third: systemic symptoms, such as fatigue, low fever, etc. can appear in the systemic manifestations. A few cases can show high fever, even as high as above 39 ℃. About two-thirds of the patients have other exocrine glands and systemic damage. The laboratory examination methods of Sjogren's syndrome mainly include: blood and urine routine examination and other routine examination.

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The diagnosis of Sjogren's syndrome depends on the detection of Sjogren's disease and keratoconjunctivitis sicca, anti SAA and / or anti SBB antibodies, and focal lymphocytic infiltration of labial gland, of which the latter two are more specific. At present, there is no radical cure, mainly symptomatic treatment.