Sjogrens Syndrom | Arthritis Information

I have Sjogren's and I do not see a place for this on this site. Was it just overlooked, or do not enough people have it to warrent a topic forum.

I too have sjorgrens but it is secondary to ra. What treatment are you
currently under? My eye dr. has put plugs in both the top and bottom
ducts in my eyes and there has been little change. My RA has increased
my pred to help with the eye inflammation.

I have Sjogren's syndrome too, secondary to JRA. Here's some Sjogren's websites; but feel free to post in the RA topic, this board is pretty informal. (There is no admin and no moderators, it's like the Wild West 'round here.

http://www.sjogrensworld.org/ - this site has an active forum.

http://www.lynne-sjogrens.org/ProductsFrame1Source1.htm - has a good products page.

http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus//sjogrenssyndrome.html - general info and links page from MedlinePlus.

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I too have SS with RA.

Welcome to AI.

Me too.I have it also, but just use drops for it at the moment. I am quite sure that I do and though it is irritating I have been putting off asking my Dr about it.

Besides dry eyes, what are the other symptoms?

I have SS too. LIke some of you, secondary to RA. Somedays my SS is worse than my RA though. Dry eyes, nose, mouth, throat. I use restasis drops twice a day and otc drops in between. Sensodyne and Biotene make mouthwash and toothpaste that help with the dry mouth. And there are quite a few mouth sprays to help also. I take evoxac at night to make sure I don't turn to a pile of dried up dust overnight. That and salagen are the two major drugs that I know of for treating the symptoms of SS. I'd be interested in hearing how others cope.