re severe complications, corticosteroids and immunosuppressive medications may be used. The disorder can result in damage to vital organs and symptoms may go into remission, plateau, or worsen with time. Some patients only experience the dry eyes and mouth and others experience eye discomfort with blurred vision, mouth infections, hoarseness, problems with swallowing and eating, and fatigue and joint pain that are severe and impair life quality.
Diagnosis of this disorder requires that the physician ask the right questions. Symptoms can lead to tests such as chest radiograph, electrocardiogram, blood tests, and urinalysis which may show no abnormalities. Blood cultures may be negative. A thorough history may be what is needed to put the doctor on the right information track. In this case many tests resulted in negative findings, however a doctor taking a thorough history of complaints paid attention to the dry mouth and eyes factor rather than simply viewing the patient as suff
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