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Definition
A doctor who has experience with Sjøgren's syndrome will usually make the correct diagnosis without uncertainty. However, in special cases, the diagnosis may be difficult. The proposals for differential diagnoses (similar conditions) below can then be considered.
Overlapping symptoms with Sjøgren's syndrome
Other connective tissue disorders
- Rheumatoid arthritis with "secondary Sjögren's syndrome"
- SLE
- Systemic sclerosis
- By abnormalities in ANA and SSA
- SLE
- Myositis
Paraneoplastic syndrome (in cancer)
Dry and painful eyes
- Vitamin A deficiency
- Chronic blepharitis or conjunctivitis
- Roseacea
- Ocular roseacea causes irritation and dryness in the eyes
- Reduced blinking
- After trauma (injury)
- Parkinson's disease
- Facial paresis ("Bell's paralysis" in facial muscle)
- Aging (reduced blink reflex)
- Work on PC monitor
- Infiltrations in lacrimal glands
- Low estrogen levels
- Postmenopause
- Medications with anticholinergic effect
- Parkinson medication
- Herpes simplex or zoster
- Cornea (cornea) injury to the eye
- Previous corneal intervention
Dry mouth
- Medications with anticholinergic effect
- Antidepressants
- Antihistamines
- Beta-blockers
- Some antiepileptics
- Sialo-adenitis at salivary gland stones
- Alzheimer's disease
- Autonomic neuropathy
- Multiple Sclerosis (MS)
- Demyelinating process
Swollen parotid glands and dryness
- Salivary gland stone
- Infection
- Heerford syndrome
- Parotitis
- Uveitis
- Fever
- Lymphoma
- Infections
- Hepatitis C
- HIV (Diffuse Infiltrative Lymphocytosis Syndrome / DILS, with swollen salivary glands / Parotitis)
- Kimura (most often in Asia)
Bacterial infection in salivary gland
- Most often after obstruction in exit duct
- Unilateral (one page)
- Pain
- Fever
- Pain in the gland
- Tbc
- Actinomycosis
Virus Infections
- Coxakie
- Echo virus
- Epstein-Barr virus
- Hepatitis C
- HIV
- Mumps
Tumors (cancer)
- Adenoma
- carcinoma
- Lymphoma
- Mixed types
Benign tumor (benign tumor):
IgG4 disease
Radiotherapy
- Against cancer in the head / throat areas
Sarcoidosis
Eating Disorders / Anorexia
- Malnutrition
- May cause significant swelling of salivary glands
Alcoholism
Acromegaly
Diabetes mellitus (diabetes)
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