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Originally Posted by MAT52
I did wonder if her reason for being so against immunesuppressants for me is because of the higher risk of Lymphoma with Sjogrens? I was reading about findings of paired 'o' bands in CSF and having high numbers of lymphocytes in all my biopsied saliva glands. Does this increase our risk as SS sufferers and are immunesuppressants then making us even more vulnerable?
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I don't know about the 'o' bands.
I had Lymphoma, my condition seems as SjS (negative SSA SSB, lip biopsy) and I had got many of the risks of SjS. According to my neuro and hemato-oncologist most of the immunosuppressants increase the risks for Lymphoma, but not IVIG and Rituximab. IVIG isn't an immunosuppressant, and Rituximab is used as a treatment for Lymphoma.