Aussie-I don't recall if a cause has been found for your pn, but if you have dry eyes, you definitly should have an entire auto-immune workup done.


If you go to lizajane.org, you will find a page which lists all the tests needed to find an auto-immune disease. I suggest you ask your doctor to fax you ALL your lab results, if you dont already havea them, and begin filling in the charts. That way you can advocate for whatever is missing.

Dry eyes can be documented with a "schirmer's test". It's worth having to truly establish how severe this is. Dry eyes and dry mouth area called sicca syndrome, and it generally indicates something important happening. Sjogren's always has sicca, but sicca can be present with other kinds of autoimmune disorders.

Do check this out. If you've alraedy had the tests, sorry to have bothered you with this advice.