Is Sjogren's syndrome harmful to health? How to treat it?

Sjogren's syndrome, abbreviated as SS in English, is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease, which is mainly manifested by the abnormal function of exocrine glands, especially salivary glands and lacrimal glands, which will cause symptoms of dry mouth, bad breath and dry eyes, and all systems will be affected, especially in women, especially middle-aged and elderly people, which will have great losses to people's health.

1, eye disease. Sjogren's syndrome can damage human lacrimal gland and salivary gland, causing eye injuries, such as xerophthalmia, photophobia, blurred vision, no tears, photophobia and ulcers, and some even lead to exophthalmos, which seriously affects the normal function of human eyes.

2, skin lesions. Sjogren's syndrome can also damage the skin, similar to many skin diseases, such as purpura, ichthyosis, Raynaud's disease, lymphadenopathy and so on. Female patients will also have vaginal itching, dryness, vulvar atrophy and other symptoms.

3. mental derangement. Sjogren's syndrome can be said to have a bad influence on various systems of human body, and there will be some nervous system symptoms such as spinal cord, brain, cranial nerve and peripheral nerve, and there will be different manifestations of nerve damage.

How to treat it?

Patients with Sjogren's syndrome should make a treatment plan under the consultation of rheumatologists, ophthalmologists and stomatologists. It is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease, which cannot be cured at present. The main purpose of treatment is to relieve symptoms and prevent the development of diseases, so as to improve the quality of life of patients and prolong their survival time.