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Originally Posted by DavidHC
Now, here's a question for anyone who can answer it, and here I'm thinking of En Bloc and Glenn in particular. Is the rheumatologist correct that all the Sjogren's symptoms I'm experiencing, the dry mouth, the itchy eyes (also the feeling that there's something in my eye when there isn't), difficulty swallowing, cracked tongue, dry throat, dry lips that also peel and more can be the cause of autonomic dysfunction?
This was what he suggested when I asked him why I have all these symptoms, if I don't have Sjogren's.
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He might be right. The dryness could be caused by inflammation in the glands (as the salive and lacrimal glands) or in the autonomic nerves (mainly parasympathetic) that innervates these glands.