Primary Sjögren's syndrome

Primary Sjögren's syndrome is a disease of the body's immunity. Everyone should know about this disease. Generally, people with this disease will experience dryness, which will manifest as dry eyes and dry mouth. In severe cases, it will accumulate in other organs, such as the kidneys, lungs, and digestive system. You will feel weak all over and chest tightness will be obvious. You must seek treatment in time.

Primary Sjögren's syndrome is a very common disease. Patients will experience many dry symptoms, and many parts of the body will be dry. It may also cause epilepsy, cirrhosis, and chronic diarrhea. It must be checked and treated as soon as possible.

Symptoms of primary Sjögren's syndrome

1. Dry mouth and nose, difficulty in swallowing food such as steamed buns, dry tongue, ulcers or smooth as a mirror.

2. Dry eyes, less tears, foreign body sensation, repeated purulent infection of the eyelids, and even decreased vision.

3. Multiple uncontrollable cavities, blackening of teeth, and small pieces falling off.

4. Repeated swelling and pain of the parotid and submandibular glands.

5. General fatigue, low fever, muscle and joint pain, and muscle weakness.

6. Dryness and itching of the vagina and skin, purpuric rash, and erythema nodosum.

Causes

1. Immune factors: Patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome have antibodies such as anti-SSA and SSB, which inhibit the decrease of T cells.

2. Viral infection: It is currently believed that it may be related to HIV, cytomegalovirus, and ethidium bromide virus infection.

3. Genetic factors: related to race, the frequency of HLAB8 and DR3 genes is high.

Diet care

Patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome should eat small meals frequently. Those with dry mouth and tongue should often suck on preserved plums, Tibetan fruits, etc., or drink sour plum juice, lemon juice and other thirst-quenching beverages, but avoid eating too sour drinks. You can often use American ginseng, white ginseng, white chrysanthemum, honeysuckle, etc. as tea substitutes.

1. Mulberry: Mulberry has a therapeutic effect on patients with Sjögren's syndrome who suffer from lack of body fluid. It can nourish the liver, benefit the kidneys, nourish fluid and moisturize dryness.

2. Black plum: Patients with Sjogren's syndrome should use black plums and rock sugar to boil water to make homemade black plum soup, which is sour and sweet, and sour and sweet can invigorate yin, so it is especially suitable for drinking.

3. Sugarcane: It can clear away heat and moisten dryness, and can also promote the production of body fluids and quench thirst.

4. Watermelon: Although it has no function of nourishing yin, watermelon is juicy and can produce body fluids, quench thirst, clear away heat, relieve summer heat, and eliminate restlessness. Especially in summer, it is more suitable for people with Sjogren's syndrome to eat it frequently.

5. Pears: can promote salivation, moisten dryness, clear away heat and quench thirst.

6. Oranges: Oranges are sweet and sour, and have a sweet and sour taste. Traditional Chinese medicine has a saying that "sour and sweet transform yin". People with Sjogren's syndrome should eat oranges, which can nourish yin, promote body fluid production, clear away heat and moisten dryness.

Patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome must be able to take good care of themselves on a daily basis, especially for their eyes, mouth and skin. If their eyes become dry, they should promptly apply some eye drops to reduce the dryness. They should also pay attention to oral hygiene and remember to rinse their mouths after meals. Also, they should take care of their skin, change clothes frequently and keep their skin dry.