ANYONE OUT THERE HAVE RA AND ON MEDS AND STILL RUN A LOW GRADE FEVER AND HAVE SWOLLEN NECK GLANDS ON A REGULAR BASIS?? JUST GOT DIAGNOSED FOR SJOGREN'S BY AN INTERNIST, ENT DR AND OPTHAMOLOGIST EVEN THO MY RHEUMY (WHO NEVER LISTEN'S TO ME) TOLD ME MY ANA DID NOT INDICATE THIS. HAVE SINCE READ THAN SECONDARY SJOGREN'S DOES NOT ALWAYS SHOW UP IN ANA ANTIBODIES. ANYONE ELSE'S THOUGHTS? GOT ALL THE EYE MEDS RECENTLY, HAD THE LIP BIOPSY BY ENT DR, AND INTERNIST GAVE ME 15 MG PREDNISONE TILL I CAN SEE A NEW RHEUMY NEXT WEEK. I HAVE ANOTHER DR APPT WITH ANOTHER DR TO DO LYMPH NODE AND SALVIARY GLAND ASPIRATION. FROM WHAT I GATHERED, IT'S TO RULE OUT LYMPHOMY OR SOME TYPE OF SALIVARY TUMOR.
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