Is The Sjogren Syndrome Fatal?

Posted on Fri, 26 Dec 2014

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Question : 8 sjogren's fatal?

Answered by Dr. T Shobha Deepak (1 hour later)

Brief Answer:
Sjogren Syndrome is not fatal

Detailed Answer:
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Dear Sir

Sjogren Syndrome is an autoimmune disorder which usually affects the gland a and causes their destruction. It causes many clinical manifestation. It is Non lethal or fatal, as it does not affect the age of individual.

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Dr T Shobha Deepak
MBBS, MD

Above answer was peer-reviewed by : Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar