<span>Afflicting one in 83 Americans, Sjögren's is a serious and systemic autoimmune disease that, along with symptoms of extensive oral and ocular dryness, can lead to other serious complications including profound fatigue, chronic pain, major organ involvement, neuropathies and lymphoma. While<br>
The Sjögren's Book
✍ Scribed by Daniel J. Wallace
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Year
- 2022
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 545
- Edition
- 5
- Category
- Library
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✦ Synopsis
"The Sjögren's Foundation was founded in 1983 by a patient, for the patient, and continues to serve as the only non-profit organization in the United States that is solely focused on Sjögren's. The Foundation's mission, as seen in Box 1.1, shows our commitment to ensuring that patients and healthcare professionals have the education, resources and services they need to help conquer the complexities of Sjögren's"--
✦ Table of Contents
Cover
The Sjögren’s Book
Copyright
Contents
Contributors
Introduction: Why Write a Book on Sjögren’s? by Daniel J. Wallace
PART I What Is Sjögren’s and Who Is the Sjögren’s Patient?
1. The Sjögren’s Foundation: The Patients’ and Professionals’ Key Resource and Advocate
2. What Is Sjögren’s?
3. Who Develops Sjögren’s?
4. The Impact of Living with Sjögren’s
5. The Cost of Living with Sjögren’s
PART II The Science of Sjögren’s
6. Sjögren’s and the Immune System
7. Environmental Effects
8. Genetics and Sjögren’s
9. The Gut Microbiome and Sjögren’s
10. Causes of Exocrine Gland Dysfunction in Sjögren’s
PART III How Is the Body Affected?
11. Diagnosis of Fatigue
12. Musculoskeletal Manifestations of Sjögren’s
13. Sjögren’s and Central Nervous System Disorders
14. The Internal Organs in Sjögren’s
15. Dry Mouth
16. Dry Eye
PART IV Diagnosis
17. Diagnostic and Classification Criteria for Sjögren’s
18. Laboratory Tests
19. Assessing the Salivary Gland Component in Sjögren’s: Biopsy and Imaging
20. The Difficult-to-Diagnose Sjögren’s Patient
21. Diseases Associated with Sjögren’s
22. Childhood Sjögren’s
PART V Managing Sjögren’s
23. Management of Dry Eye in Sjögren’s
24. Management of Dry Mouth in Sjögren’s
25. Management of Other Sicca Symptoms in Sjögren’s: Dry Ears, Nose, and Sinuses
26. Management of Vaginal Dryness in Sjögren’s
27. Management of Chronic Musculoskeletal Pain in Sjögren’s
28. Management of Pulmonary Complications in Sjögren’s
29. Management of Peripheral Nervous System Complications in Sjögren’s
30. Management of Central Nervous System Complications in Sjögren’s
31. Management of Cognitive Dysfunction and Central Nervous System Involvement in Sjögren’s
32. Management of Fatigue in Sjögren’s
33. Management of Depression and Anxiety in Sjögren’s
34. Management of Gastrointestinal Manifestations in Sjögren’s
35. Management of Gynecologic and Urologic Aspects of Sjögren’s
36. Management of Vasculitis in Sjögren’s
37. Management of Lymphoma and Other Cancers in Sjögren’s
38. Management of Hepatic and Pancreatic Involvement in Sjögren’s
39. Management of Kidney-Associated Involvement in Sjögren’s
40. Complementary, Alternative, and Integrative Approaches to Health in Sjögren’s
41. Vitamin D and Sjögren’s
PART VI Taking Charge of Your Sjögren’s
42. Sjögren’s: The Self and Others
43. Enhancing Resilience Through Mind–Body Interactions
44. Sleep Disorders
45. Sex and Sjögren’s
46. Vaccinations in Sjögren’s
47. Disability
PART VII The Future
48. Recent and Promising Scientific Developments
49. Sjögren’s Foundation Clinical Trials Consortium
50. Clinical Trials: What They Are, How to Get Involved, and the Current State in Sjögren’s
51. International Collaboration and the Information Technology That Fuels It: Keys to a Brighter Future
Glossary
Index
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