Sarah Mae -

To answer your question about what else Sjogren's can and does cause:

1. Destruction of the exocrine system to greater or lesser degree which is what causes the dryness. One doc has called SjS "lupus of the mucosal system."*

2. NLD SFN*

3. Dry cough.*

4. Major organ problems (kidneys, pancreas, liver).

5. Overlapping AI's (scleroderma, sarcoidosis, rheumatoid arthritis, lupus).

6. Central nervous system issues.*

7. Extreme fatigue.

8. Lymphoma in about 10 - 20% of primary Sjogren's people.

9. Hashimoto's thyroiditis.*

10. Etc.

Am really glad I can stop searching. I'm one who always has to know the reason why if at all possible.

Hope you do see some PN and other improvements - don't give up the ship.

* I have these.