- Dry eyes: Your eyes might feel as if they had sand in them or as if they were irritated.
- Dry mouth:Your mouth might feel as if it were full of cotton or sticky.
- Weak teeth: Teeth that get a lot of cavities despite good oral hygiene or break easily.
- Joint pain: Painful joints such as knees, hips, elbows and other joints.
- Blurry vision: Letters seem fuzzy, vision in general feels out of focus.
- Mouth ulcers: Sores and bumps in your mouth.
- Sore/dry throat: Feeling like your throat is dry even after you drink something, pills get stuck in your throat and/or a change in your voice (Sjögren's Syndrome can affect the vocal cords).
- Swollen salivary glands and tear ducts.
- Fatigue: Feeling very tired and without energy often or all the time, as if you have had the flu.
- Dry skin and rashes: Such as sebhorrheic dermatitis, dandruff or eczema.
- Vaginal dryness.
- Difficulty chewing, swallowing or talking.
- A sore or cracked tongue or a white tongue (dehydration).
- Dry, peeling or cracked lips.
- Dry nose and/or change in smell.
- Peripheral Neuropathy: Numbness, heat, the feeling of something crawling on you or like a cat rubbed up against you and tingling in the legs, feet, arms or hands.
- Acid reflux: heartburn, nausea, sour stomach.
- Brain Fog (rare) - memory difficulty, inability to concentrate, feels like your brain is stuck in a cloud.
- Raynaud's Syndrome - Painful reaction to change in temperature or stress, turns the fingers/toes white or blue the bright red as they return to normal. Usually as and effect of cold or emotional upsets.
- Recurrent lung diseases such as pneumonia or bronchitis.
Sjögren's Syndrome Symptoms
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