Klinika Oczna Suplement

Abstract

3/2004 vol. 106
Original paper

Fre­qu­en­cy of ap­pe­aran­ce sys­te­mic com­pli­ca­tions of au­to­im­mu­no­lo­gi­cal di­se­ases: pri­mor­dial and se­con­da­ry Sjögren syn­dro­me

Jarosława Krajka-Lauer 1
,
Maria Mazurkiewicz-Bełdzińska 2
,
Wojciech Lauer 3
,
Witold Kokot 1
,
Piotr Lass 4
,
Zenobia Czuszyńska 5
,
Lucyna Łuksza 1
,
Barbara Iwaszkiewicz-Bilikiewicz 1
  1. Z Katedry i Kliniki Chorób Oczu Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku
  2. Z Katedry i Kliniki Neurologii Rozwojowej Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku
  3. Z Katedry i Kliniki Urologii Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku
  4. Z Zakładu Medycyny Nuklearnej Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku
  5. Z Katedry i Zakładu Medycyny Rodzinnej Akademii Medycznej w Gdańsku
KLINIKA OCZNA 2004, Supl. 3: S466–S468
Online publish date: 2022/12/29
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Purpose

As Sjögren syndrome is regarded by ophthalmologists as a synonim of dry eye syndrome, we decided to evaluate how often these patients demonstrate other than ocular symptoms, especially systemic complications.

Material and methods

We examined 30 patients with primary (PZS) and 45 patients with secondary Sjögren syndrome (WZS).

Results

Pathological findings in course of Sjögren syndrome concerned predominantly eyes (94%) and mucous membrane of the mouth (91%), salivary glands (65%) and skin. The most frequent complaint was fatigue (91%).

Conclusions

Sjögren syndrome is a chronic systemic disease, in which predominant symptoms are: dryness of mucous membranes, chronic fatigue, painful joints and stomach disturbances.

Keywords

Sjögren syndrome, general complications

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