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Sjogren’s syndrome (SS) is an autoimmune, chronic inflammatory disease characterized by dense infiltration of lymphocytes in the exocrine glands. Essentially, the body’s own immune cells, the lymphocytes, attack and infiltrate various exocrine glands and cause their functional impairment. The salivary and lacrimal glands are classically affected in SS, resulting in xerostomia (dry mouth) and keratoconjuctivitis…
(uplifting music) – So, I think the first step is for a rheumatologist to recognize that the patient might have symptoms suggesting Sjogren’s syndrome. The cardinal symptoms are dryness, dryness of the eyes, dryness of the mouth, but they also may present in other ways. Some patients actually present it with a neurologic problem. Some…
(light music) Hi, everyone, my name is Erika Darrah. I’m here today with Dr. Julius Birnbaum from the Johns Hopkins Jerome L. Greene Sjogren Center to discuss his most recent research looking at the relationship between neurologic disorders and Sjogren’s Syndrome. First of all, I’d like to congratulate you, Dr. Brinbaum, on your exciting research,…
Okay, well, I want to welcome everyone. This is Dr. Nik Hedberg, and tonight we’re talking about how to heal leaky gut syndrome. So, let’s get this started. I really enjoy doing these webinars, trying to get some good information out there to everyone. And leaky gut, it’s a big issue. Its main connections are…
(light music) – I think the most important thing that I want to emphasize to patients with Sjogren’s syndrome is that, for the majority, it’s a disease that stays relatively stable over time. When they ask me, “What are things gonna be like “in five years, or ten years?” I can tell them, with reasonable…
April is Sjogren’s syndrome Awareness Month. So what a Sjogren’s syndrome? Sjogren’s syndrome is an autoimmune disease which means our immune system attacks its own body and cells. While it can attack any part of the body, Sjogren’s usually attacks the gland that produces tear in saliva and that results in a lot of drynes.s…
Sjogren’s Syndrome is an autoimmune disease in which inflammation is targeted primarily at the salivary and lacrimal glands. Those glands that make the tears and saliva, and as a result one gets tremendous dryness of the eyes and the mouth. But it’s also a systemic disease, and so it also affects other organs and other…
(relaxing, meditative music) – So we do not have a curative treatment for Sjogren’s syndrome. We have medications that can help improve symptoms but really do not alter the course of the disease. We rely on the patients to do a lot of the work in terms of managing their Sjogren’s syndrome and what I…