Sjogen's Prevalence

[Lotus1]

According to the news Sjogren's is the 2nd biggest autoimmune illness.
I find it difficult to believe since I rarely run into people who've sjogren's.
The report said they think they have something in the pipeline that will help the dry eyes.
That would be wonderful!
I'll try to find out more details as my parents heard the news report.

Lotus1

[quietdynamics]

"Sjögren syndrome is a relatively common disorder; it occurs in 0.1 to 4 percent of the population."

As of October 15, 2014, the United States has a total resident population of 318,912,000.

It is within the population of those with rheumatic disease that Sjogrens is common, not the general population.

RESULTS:
More than 21% of US adults (46.4 million persons) were found to have self-reported doctor-diagnosed arthritis. We estimated that rheumatoid arthritis affects 1.3 million adults (down from the estimate of 2.1 million for 1995), juvenile arthritis affects 294,000 children, spondylarthritides affect from 0.6 million to 2.4 million adults, systemic lupus erythematosus affects from 161,000 to 322,000 adults, systemic sclerosis affects 49,000 adults, and primary Sjögren's syndrome affects from 0.4 million to 3.1 million adults.
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/18163481

[MrKap]

If you ask me, everyone has it at least a little bit. It's only when it gets severe enough that it becomes a problem.

Look what I found the other day.

What's Sjogren's Syndrome? That's a question tennis fans want to know now that Venus Williams says she has been diagnosed with the autoimmune disease (whose name is pronounced SHOW-grens). Keep clicking to find out all about what she and the estimated 1.3 million people who have Sjogren's are facing...

http://www.nursezone.com/student-nurses/student-nurses-featured-articles/Wrigley-Venus-and-Serena-to-Serve-up-Grants_19044.aspx

The Wm. Wrigley Jr. Company's Doublemint gum and tennis stars Venus and Serena Williams announced the launch of the Doublemint Aces for Campus Excellence (A.C.E.) grant program, which highlights the distinctive contributions that young people make on campus and in communities.
Has anyone heard the old saying, if you swallow gum, it stays in your stomach for seven years?

Her sponsors are Wrigley gum! How bizarre is that one?


Anyways, there are ALOT of anuto-immune diseases out there. So, the only question is. What is going into our bodies in such large amounts which our body cannot get rid of in a timely manner?

I bet we will all see rises in the total number of people succumbing to these various auto-immune diseases as time goes by.