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SAQ
what is sjogren syndrome
Sjogrens syndrome is an autoimmune disease that mainly affects
elderly females. It is an autoimmune inflammatory exocrinopathy in
which destruction of exocrine glands happens under the mediation of
lymphocytes. Aetiological factors include: viral and possibly genetic.
Clinical features
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soreness
unpleasant sense of taste
clicking sound while speech
frothy viscous saliva
neurological
o trigeminal neuralgia
o glossopharyngeal neuralgia
vascular
o migraine
o cluster headaches
psychogenic
o atypical facial pain
o burning mouth syndrome
referred
o ischaemic heart disease (angina)
o nasopharyngeal
Antibody to one reduce the chance for the other and less severe
clinically
Virus use axons of sensory nerve to travel back and forth
autonomic ganglia
Predisposing factors
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Old age
Pregnancy
Menstruation
UV light
Allergy
Respiratory illness
Emotional stress
Systemic diseases and malignancy
Primary exposure
- Early exposure: gingviostomatitis
- Late exposure: pharygnotomsilitis
Non-infectious
- Erythema multiforme
- Aphthous ulcers