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To people with autoimmune issues - do you benefit from AST or PRP eye drops?
To people with autoimmune issues - do you benefit from AST or PRP eye drops? If you have systemic inflammation in your body would the serum tears have inflammatory factors in it - causing further inflammation in the eyes?... -
Best Scleral Lenses (PROSE vs LaserFit vs U of I vs....)
Hi Everyone!
So a little background on myself:
Like all of you I suffer from dry eyes. I'm 23 years old and my problems started when I was 21. After a year or so of trying to figure out what was wrong, a Sjogren's lip biopsy came back positive. All of my blood work is normal.... -
2013 article on functional lacrimal gland regeneration - any updates?
Article: Functional lacrimal gland regeneration by transplantation of a bioengineered organ germ
Date of publication: 10/1/2013
Link to article:
http://www.nature.com/ncomms/2013/13...comms3497.html
It's an in depth article on how a team of Japanese... -
Success with increased cyclosporin concentration but not frequency
I have been using Restasis 1 drop, twice a day for 5 years. Despite the fact that I was convinced it "wasn't working" my dry eyes actually worsened when I had to stop using it for a wash-out period prior to participating in a clinical trial. After the trial, I started the Restasis again... -
Ophthalmologist & Oral Pathologist, Indianapolis, IN
I have Sjogren's disease and suffer from chronic dry eyes and mouth. I have found two specialists in the Indianapolis, Indiana area who are very effective in treating my disorder.
Ophthalmologist: Dr. Clark Springs, M.D. IU School of Medicine
Is s/he a good listener? ... -
Question about diagnosing sjogrens
My doctor has completed blood tests for sjogrens that have come back negative. I know that I would need a lip biopsy to get a definitive diagnosis but my doctor is reluctant to do that. I have dry eyes but my mouth has started to feel more dry recently, especially upon awakening. However, I breathe... -
Sjogren's patient on House, M.D.
On a recent episode of the TV show "House, M.D.," the patient ended up being diagnosed with Sjogren's!
Here's how it went:
"Patient has unusual symptoms. What can it be?"
"Maybe it's this."
"No. It can't be. Maybe it's that."...