What are the symptoms of Sjögren's syndrome? Diagnostic criteria for Sjögren's syndrome

Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disease. Nowadays, more and more people are suffering from this disease, and many people are deeply troubled by it. If you suffer from this disease, the patient's mouth and eyes will be drier, and the skin will be drier than normal people, and it will be more prone to peeling. It has a great impact on people's daily life, so everyone must try to detect and treat it early.

1. Oral symptoms: daily dry mouth for more than 3 months; repeated or persistent swelling of the parotid gland after adulthood; need to use water to help swallow dry food. One or more of the three items.

2. Eye symptoms: Unbearable dry eyes for more than 3 months; repeated sand in the eyes or sand-gritting sensation; need to use artificial tears 3 times or more per day. One or more of the three items.

3. Ocular signs: Schirmer I test (+); corneal staining (+). Any one or more of the above tests are positive.

4. Histological examination: Labial gland pathology showed lymphocyte foci.

5. Salivary gland damage: salivary flow rate (+); parotid gland radiography (+); salivary gland isotope examination (+). Any one or more of the above tests are positive.

6. Autoantibodies: anti-SSA or anti-SSB (+) (double diffusion method)

The above is the diagnostic criteria for Sjögren's syndrome, I believe everyone has already understood it. If you are diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome through differential diagnosis, you should take measures to treat it, such as keeping your mouth clean; using artificial tear eye drops; using non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and hydroxychloroquine, etc.