World Sjogren's Day

[Linda196]

Today is World Sjogren's Day, an opportunity to increase awareness and encourage research and education.
I watched a news article about "Long Covid" symptoms and it struck me how similar the symptoms are to Sjogren's, and in fact almost all Autoimmune Diseases. The growing number of long Covid cases is prompting increased research which will hopefully spill over into some revelations and treatments for our symptoms!

History of World Sjögren's Day

World Sjögren's Day was created by the Sjögren's Foundation to raise much needed awareness for Sjögren's. It is marked every year on July 23rd, the birthday of Dr. Henrik Sjögren, the Swedish ophthalmologist who discovered Sjögren's. The Foundation is joined by organizations around the world to draw attention to Sjögren's and the disease's impact on millions of patients.

Dr. Henrik Sjogren
Dr. Henrik Sjögren was a Swedish ophthalmologist who first identified the disease in 1933. Today, his birthday is celebrated as World Sjögren's Day to help raise awareness for this disease.

In 1929 Dr. Sjögren met a patient who complained of dry eye, dry mouth and joint pain. While each of these symptoms were already well known, it was the combination of them that Dr. Sjögren noticed and decided to investigate.

Dr. Sjögren could have been just an ophthalmologist who happened to meet a patient with dry eye, but his open mind led him to the discovery of an unknown clinical entity. His work not only paved the way for current researchers in the field but has also helped all patients living with this complex disease.

[susanep]

Thank you for bringing this up with the info. I received a message on it from the sjogrens people. They seem to be making more progress than the lupus folks.
susanep