How to detect and treat dry syndrome early

  Dry syndrome is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that mainly involves exocrine glands. The root cause of the disease is an abnormality in the body’s immune system, which attacks its own tissues as the enemy, in other words, it rejects its own salivary glands, sweat glands and other exocrine glands as foreign bodies, resulting in atrophy of the relevant exocrine glands and the reduction or failure of their secretory function. The early manifestations of the disease – dry mouth and dry eyes – are often not taken seriously by patients, thus making early diagnosis difficult and often missing the best time to treat the disease, resulting in delays in treatment.  The main symptoms of the disease are dry mouth, frequent drinking when talking, swallowing dry food with water, dry and red tongue, disappearing and peeling tongue coating, atrophy of tongue papillae, flaky tooth loss, severe dental caries in the whole mouth, dry eyes, foreign body sensation in the eyes, crying without tears, repeated episodes of conjunctivitis, keratitis, corneal ulcers in severe cases, dry nasal cavity, little sweating, constipation, indigestion, joint swelling and pain, positive rheumatoid factor The disease can also present with recurrent enlargement of the parotid gland unilaterally or bilaterally, numbness in the hands and feet, low fever, fatigue, low mood, reduced interest and hobbies, and in severe cases, depression such as light thoughts of life. These patients often run through many hospitals, saw many doctors, ophthalmology said conjunctivitis, orthopedics said arthritis, internal medicine after gastroscopy said atrophic gastritis …… treatment to cure the condition not only does not improve, there is a tendency to aggravate. Often, it is only by chance that I encountered a doctor from the rheumatology department that I was diagnosed with dry syndrome.  In daily life, everyone will have the feeling of dry mouth, which indicates that people do not have enough water in their bodies and need to be replenished. If the degree of dry mouth is more serious and lasts for a long time, and drinking water cannot quench thirst, it indicates that there may be some kind of lesion in the body. Therefore, for women, especially those above middle-aged, when they have severe dry mouth, they should first think about whether they have dry syndrome.  The good or bad effect of dry syndrome treatment is related to the early or late diagnosis of the disease, and early diagnosis and correct and timely treatment are the keys to improve the prognosis. First of all, there are relatively few damaged glands in the early stage of the disease, and more and more exocrine glands are involved with the prolongation of the disease; furthermore, the lesions in the early stage of the disease are reversible, and eventually they can become irreversible damage. Therefore, when some of the above symptoms of dry syndrome appear and you suspect that you are suffering from this disease, you should go to the rheumatology and immunology department of the regular hospital in time, and also follow the medical advice to make necessary laboratory tests and examinations, and finally the rheumatology and immunology specialist will make a diagnosis. Once diagnosed with the disease, you should actively cooperate with the specialist for treatment, and never believe in the so-called “secret formula” and the advertisement propaganda of “package treatment and cure” of the disease, so as not to be cheated by those false advertisements and lose your money and health.  Regarding the treatment of dry syndrome, no matter in modern medicine (Western medicine) or traditional medicine (Chinese medicine), there is no cure at present. What doctors can do is only to control or reduce the symptoms of the disease, correct the disorder of the immune function of the body to the greatest extent, and terminate or slow down the destruction of the tissue structure caused by it, and control the progress of the disease. With the rapid development of modern medical treatment technology and the emergence of many new immunomodulatory drugs, it has provided clinicians with a powerful weapon for early detection and early treatment to completely control the disease. The Department of Rheumatology and Immunology of the People’s Hospital of Hebei Province is guided by the theory of traditional medicine that emphasizes the whole body and dialectical treatment, and uses various advanced treatment methods and drugs of modern medicine to create comprehensive immune balancing therapy, which has received good treatment effects. We hope that the majority of patients will cheer up, full of confidence, let us join hands to overcome this disease together, and return you a healthy body.