Thanks so much for the insight. Wow...there could be so many things! Here I was thinking it could just be sjogren's! I had looked at a few of those diseases like Sarcoidosis, MCTD, and it's so...
Hi Stacey, So you can have positive anti-ssa and anti-ssb and have lupus but not sjogren's? Or is Sjogren's always involved if you test positive with one of the two? I just assumed that I had primary...
During my research I found a tutorial on how to massage the salivary glands. I believe it was on Sjogrens.org so I'll make sure to print that out. I've tried warm compresses on my parotid when it was...
Thanks for your response. Yes, I do realize that my rheumy will be the only one to fully diagnose what's going on and order other tests to give me a definitive diagnosis. However, I do believe my...
Hey everyone, I hope that my post isn't too long (have a tendency to do that) and that you may be able to help me out with some information. About 2 years ago I started to develop swollen...