Symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome in the elderly

summary

Sjogren's syndrome is actually a disease that can invade the lacrimal gland, sweat gland and salivary gland. It is a chronic autoimmune disease. If it is unfortunate, it will do harm to the health of patients. Moreover, it is a chronic disease, and it is very difficult to treat, In fact, we still hope that you can learn more about the symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome in your life. Here we mainly introduce the main symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome.

Symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome in the elderly

First: dry mouth syndrome: This is suffering from Sjogren's syndrome, patients often show symptoms, the main symptoms are patients with dry mouth symptoms, can't swallow some dry food, need to drink some water to swallow, at this time will also appear caries phenomenon, parotid gland swelling.

Second: dry skin: at this time, patients often feel that their skin is dry. At this time, what they need to do is drink more water and do a good job in replenishing water. This method is helpful to alleviate the symptoms. In addition, patients should pay attention to eating less salt in diet.

Third: dry eyes: because suffering from Sjogren's syndrome, often lead to patients with lacrimal gland secretion function decline, patients will feel dry eyes, less tears or no tears phenomenon, even in emotional excitement is no tears ah, and there will be foreign body rub feeling.

matters needing attention

For those who have Sjogren's syndrome, after the above symptoms appear, it is suggested that the patients should pay attention to them seriously, go to the local hospital in time, and do a good job in the effective treatment of the disease, so that they can stay away from the harm of the disease as soon as possible.