Newly Diagnosed Sjogren Syndrome in an Elderly Patient on Dialysis: A Case Report.
Cureus
; 15(3): e36430, 2023 Mar.
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ABSTRACT
Sjogren syndrome (SS) is a chronic, systemic autoimmune disease that primarily affects the exocrine glands, causing dry eyes and mouth, but also presents with a variety of other symptoms. SS is a common connective tissue disease but it can be difficult to diagnose due to the non-specific symptoms and lack of diagnostic markers in many cases. This report describes a case of an elderly patient on dialysis with newly diagnosed SS. The patient had been unable to eat a normal diet for a year, but treatment had not been initiated, presumably because of his age and the fact that he was on dialysis. The patient's symptoms improved with the administration of glucocorticoids. This is a very educational case for physicians to recognize undiagnosed SS patients presenting with non-specific symptoms.
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Cureus
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2023
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