About half of people with Sjögren's syndrome also have enlargement of the salivary glands on both sides of the mouth, which is usually painless. Treatment for salivary gland problems depends on ...

Plasma cells with characteristics of long-lived cells, and factors necessary for long term survival, are present in the salivary glands of patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS), report ...

Sjögren's Syndrome is an autoimmune disorder that primarily ... along with imaging studies like salivary gland or lip biopsy, can aid in confirming the diagnosis.” According to her, management ...

Salivary gland blockage can result from multiple causes including salivary stones, narrowing of the duct by scar tissue, dehydration, side-effects of certain medications, autoimmune diseases and ...

the largest salivary glands in your body. This can cause you to feel a slightly painful lump near the back of your jaw near your ear. Roughly 10% of people with Sjogren’s syndrome have skin ...

Sjögren's syndrome (SS) is a common immune disease that mainly affects the exocrine glands, which clinically ... lymph node (lymphaenopathy), liver (autoimmune hepatitis), pancreas (pancreatitis ...

with a specific focus in Sjogren’s syndrome, as she investigated the role of NK cells in an in vivo model for salivary gland immunopathology. In 2016, she joined Prof. Bombardieri’s group at the ...

Sjogren's disease is a disorder that affects moisture ... none currently focus on the long-term damage that has already occurred in the salivary glands. In 2022, Dr. Sara McCoy an assistant ...

Sjögren's syndrome ... biliary cirrhosis and autoimmune hepatitis. [8–15] When the disease duration is longer than 10 years, a higher prevalence of parotid gland enlargement, lung involvement ...