Comments on: Sjogren’s

By: Sean Wright

Sean Wright — Fri, 25 Nov 2011 03:25:59 +0000

Damn, sorry to hear this Glenda.

By: Helen V.

Helen V. — Thu, 24 Nov 2011 17:32:34 +0000

My sympathies too, Glenda. Like you I have an auto-imune disease and I'm in the middle of a severe flare up right now. It's not fun and definitely not fun knowing it's something that won't go away.

Whether they are more common I'm not so sure about. Mine is definitely hereditary. It shows links to various other arthritic diseases but so far no-one has been able to pin it down which drives doctors mad. I suspect that in the past it would have just been classified as 'rheumatism' and regarded as something that came with age.

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 07:00:07 +0000

Tell Matt I like his attitude…

By: Jo

Jo — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:58:04 +0000

Oh dear, I must say I am not up on auto immune, I will have to Google it all, but I am very sorry to hear this Glenda, and Satima come to that. Wonderful this getting older business ain't it? But at least you are the right side of the grass (Matt's new favourite saying).

By: Glenda Larke

Glenda Larke — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 01:23:45 +0000

My wild guess? They are becoming more common. Sjogren's is supposed to have hereditary connections, but I've never heard of anyone in my family having it, or its relation, Lupus.

I suspect that — along with many cancers — the cause is a gradual accumulation of chemical pollutants in our bodies, from the air, the water we drink and the food we eat. When I was a child, my dad used DDT in our vegie garden…

By: Satima Flavell

Satima Flavell — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 22:36:28 +0000

Sympathies, Glenda:-( I also have an auto-immune disease and I know of several others who do, too. Are they becoming more common, I wonder, or just being diagnosed more often than before?

Whatever, it's no fun having one, and I hope the treatment helps you and that the conditon doesn't worsen.