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Chronic Health Conditions Discussion and Support

hedgehog

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3. You bring up several good points - the key point is that we have to get a handle on

Reply to Lisa0825 (Reply #2)

Thu Dec 5, 2013, 12:09 PM

Dec 2013

what's happening. I have three daughters with AI diseases, but it never occurred to me that I had one also. My GP investigated and then treated each symptom as it arose. In other words - for 20 years ( )I was being properly treated for my AI without knowing that that was the source of all my problems. When he sent me to the Rheumatologist, I thought he was being overly cautious!

I've been dubious about the effort to develop a test to identify Sjogren's - your comments made me see that getting a clear, early diagnosis is a step in identifying the extent of the problem.

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When I hear that 50 Million number, I get a little skeptical. hedgehog Dec 2013 #1

Well, since my diagnosis this year I have found out that I personally know Lisa0825 Dec 2013 #2

You bring up several good points - the key point is that we have to get a handle on hedgehog Dec 2013 #3