Dry syndrome may cause patients to develop muscle weakness, related to disease involvement of the muscles and joints or the nervous system, for example.
Dry syndrome is a chronic inflammatory autoimmune disease that involves multiple exocrine glands, with common symptoms such as dry mouth, dry eyes and rampant dental caries. In addition, the disease can also involve multiple organs and systems, and when it involves the muscles and joints, muscle weakness can appear, and some patients have peripheral neuropathy when it involves the nervous system, and lower limb paralysis and weakness can also appear.
Patients with dry syndrome with symptoms of muscle weakness can be treated with glucocorticosteroids such as prednisone, combined with immunosuppressants such as hydroxychloroquine. Early and standardized treatment can improve symptoms, control and delay the damage of organ function.
It is recommended that dry syndrome patients with muscle weakness go to the rheumatology and immunology department of regular hospitals for consultation and treatment under the guidance of doctors, so as to avoid delaying the condition.