Sjögren’s Syndrome News

Patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome were at higher risk for hospitalization in the presence of hepatic involvement, vasculitis and high disease activity, according to recently published research.

Overlapping fibromyalgia may be present in 30% or more of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome based on the American College of Rheumatology 2010 criteria, but only 19% of the same patients met 1990 criteria, according to the results of a study.

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus or Sjögren syndrome who also had autoimmune thrombocytopenia improved after taking Rituxan, according to recently published research.

Many patients with Sjögren's syndrome have additional autoimmune diseases, do not receive anti-rheumatic medication and about half are diagnosed by a physician other than a rheumatologist, according to the results of a retrospective study.

A study of patients with Sjögren’s syndrome revealed no clear markers, such as the presence of certain cytokines or chemokines, for fatigue experienced by patients, according to study data presented recently.

First-degree family members of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus were found to be at higher risk for developing it or other autoimmune diseases, according to recently published study findings.

Research presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual European Congress of Rheumatology demonstrated an association between autoimmune cytopenia and ocular surface damage in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome.

The prevalence of myositis in patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome is low and mostly presents as an overlapping syndrome that usually responds to treatment with immunosuppressants, according to the results of a study of patients from five rheumatology centers in Italy.

Certain species of organisms were predominant and others were lacking in abundance in the oral microbiome of patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome compared with organisms found in the mouths of healthy individuals, according to research from the European League Against Rheumatism Annual European Congress of Rheumatology.

Some patients with primary Sjögren’s syndrome were more likely to experience significant fatigue than others, according to research presented at the European League Against Rheumatism Annual European Congress of Rheumatology.