The clinical presentation of childhood Sjögren’s widely varies from child to child. Unlike adults, the most common presentation in children is parotid enlargement. Many children have aspects of ocular and oral dryness at presentation but have difficulty perceiving and reporting these symptoms as dryness.

If you suspect your child may have Sjögren’s, speak to your doctor about a referral to a rheumatologist. Sjögren’s in Children A Parent’s Guide to Symptoms © 2020 Sjögren’s Foundation Symptoms that all children can experience are listed below. The most common symptoms are boxed and bolded. Vaginal dryness/irritation (female patients)

Recurrent parotid enlargement appears to be important as an initial manifestation of SS in children and was observed in our child also (3, 5-7). Keratoconjunctivitis symptoms include dry eyes with reduced tear production, gritty or sandy sensation under the lids, red eyes, and photosensitivity like in our case.

In children, pSS may be underdiagnosed because of the lack of classic sicca symptoms. However, pSS should be included in the differential diagnosis of recurrent parotid swelling, and when diagnosed, siblings should be evaluated.

Sjogren's Syndrome What is Sjögren's syndrome? Sjögren's syndrome is an autoimmune disorder, which means that the body's own immune system mistakenly attacks its own cells and tissues.

Sjögren syndrome in children is a poorly understood autoimmune disease. We aimed to describe the clinical and diagnostic features of children diagnosed with Sjögren syndrome and explore how the 2016 ACR/EULAR classification criteria apply to this ...

2020年1月17日 · The first challenge to diagnosis is recognizing the disease can occur in children of any age. Sicca symptoms may be a later finding, and the lack of them should not be reassuring. Recurrent or persistent parotitis is the most common clinical feature in children.

Sjögren syndrome is an autoimmune disorder. This means that the body's own immune system attacks its own cells and tissues by mistake. In this case, it attacks the glands that produce moisture. It commonly causes dry skin, dry eyes, and dry mouth.

This review presents our 10-year experience with children diagnosed with Sjögren's syndrome (SS). Patients between the ages of 9 and 17 years had abnormalities in laboratory values consistent with but not entirely diagnostic of those required to diagnose SS in adults.

One 5-year-old child with no other evidence of connective tissue disease was diagnosed as having primary SS. The remaining four children either had juvenile rheumatoid arthritis or systemic lupus erythematosus in addition to SS, and the diagnosis of secondary SS was made.