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About Sjogren's syndrome
Sjögren's (pronounced Show-grin's) syndrome is an autoimmune disorder. The body's immune system attacks glands that secrete fluid, such as the tear and saliva glands. The effects of Sjögren's syndrome can be widespread.
Swollen lymph nodes causes
About 50 percent of people with lupus have swollen lymph nodes at any time. These lymph nodes are found most often in the neck, armpits, or groin area. Doctors believe this is just a result of an overactive immune system. The spleen, which is another part of the lymph system, may also swell.
Specifically, nodes in neck levels III, IV, V, and VI collect lymph from the thyroid gland. The affected lymph nodes in Hashimoto's disease often demonstrate reactive lymphoid hyperplasia.
Kikuchi-Fujimoto disease (KFD), or histiocytic necrotizing lymphadenitis, is an extremely rare entity belonging to the large group of diseases that may cause lymph node enlargement.
Castleman disease is a rare disorder that involves an overgrowth of cells in your body's lymph nodes. The most common form of the disorder affects a single lymph node, usually in the chest or abdomen. This form is called unicentric Castleman disease.
People with MS, like the general population, may experience swollen lymph nodes. When people with MS have swollen lymph nodes, it is likely from the usual causes — like a viral or bacterial infection — and doesn't necessarily have anything to do with MS disease activity.
Lymph nodes play an important part in the body's defense against infection. Swelling might occur even if the infection is trivial or not apparent. Swelling of lymph nodes generally results from localized or systemic infection, abscess formation, or malignancy.
Healthcare providers usually only worry about swollen lymph nodes when they enlarge for no apparent reason. If you have a large, swollen area but you're not feeling sick and you didn't recently have a cold, flu or other infection, see your healthcare provider.
Common symptoms include fatigue, hair loss, sun sensitivity, painful and swollen joints, unexplained fever, skin rashes, and kidney problems. There is no one test for SLE. Usually, your doctor will ask you about your family and personal medical history and your symptoms. Your doctor will also do some laboratory tests.
No one test can diagnose lupus. The combination of blood and urine tests, signs and symptoms, and physical examination findings leads to the diagnosis.
Lupus symptoms can also be unclear, can come and go, and can change. On average, it takes nearly six years for people with lupus to be diagnosed, from the time they first notice their lupus symptoms.
Most often it happens in people between ages 15 and 45 years, but lupus can occur in childhood or later in life as well. Lupus is more common in African Americans than in white people and is also more common in people of American Indian and Asian descent.
A tell-tale sign of lupus is a butterfly-shaped rash across the cheeks and bridge of the nose. Other common skin problems include sensitivity to the sun with flaky, red spots or a scaly, purple rash on various parts of the body, including the face, neck, and arms. Some people also develop mouth sores.
Benign etiologies of lymphadenopathy can include infections, autoimmune disorders, drug hypersensitivity reactions, sarcoidosis, and amyloidosis.
Autoimmune disease may also lead to a higher risk of cancers of the blood, bone marrow and lymph nodes, such as leukemia and lymphoma.
Conditions that non-Hodgkin Lymphoma is commonly misdiagnosed as include: Influenza. Hodgkin's lymphoma. Cat scratch fever.