kaikai

Sjogren's like my two other autoimmune diseases (Hashimotos Thryoiditis and Psoriasis/Psoriatic Arthritis) is a disease that seems so simply and is almost impossible to explain to other people who have not experienced it. Sjogren's is know by it's two most common symptoms, dry mouth and dry eyes. But just like psoriasis it means a lot more then just a little dryness. Basically Sjogren's is a disease that causes your white blood cells to attack your moisture producing glands, the two obvious(mouth and eyes) but also can affect organs and joints as your whole body uses water. It often effects people in different ways, and to be honest until I was shown where my saliva glands were I had no idea that my mouth was any drier then anyone elses! (the glands are swollen and what I always thought was jaw pain is actually pain from my saliva glands.) I'm currently on new meds, and will get even more in a month or so,this means many changes in kais body hopefully for the better, but with new meds often comes a very tired and moody kai getting used to them!