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<blockquote data-quote="flutterby" data-source="post: 331547" data-attributes="member: 7083"><p>Thank you. I really hope this brings answers.</p><p></p><p>The doctor told that anesthesiologist that it was to rule out Sjogren's, but then asked my mom, "Do you have Sjogren's, too?" After the procedure, he talked with my mom and he doesn't see an explanation for my symptoms plus lack of salivary glands except for Sjogren's. But, I've heard that before for X, Y, or Z. I'm trying not to get hopeful, but am keeping my fingers crossed.</p><p></p><p>Matt's Mom - I've been sick for a long time. I've been tested for everything under the sun and then some. The blood work for Sjogren's is only 20-60% accurate. The gold standard for dxing Sjogren's is to biopsy a salivary gland. The problem was, I didn't have any salivary glands on either my lower or upper lip, so they had to go in surgically. He thought he was going to have to make an incision by my ear to get to the parotid gland. I got lucky and a salivary gland popped up in my lower lip. It's risky to cut into the parotid gland because the main facial nerve runs through it, and if it doesn't go right there could be lifelong issues.</p><p></p><p>If you look in the mirror at the inside of your lower and upper lips, you see bumps. Those are salivary glands. I don't have any bumps. Except for the one that popped up recently. The sour candy probably stimulated the gland.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="flutterby, post: 331547, member: 7083"] Thank you. I really hope this brings answers. The doctor told that anesthesiologist that it was to rule out Sjogren's, but then asked my mom, "Do you have Sjogren's, too?" After the procedure, he talked with my mom and he doesn't see an explanation for my symptoms plus lack of salivary glands except for Sjogren's. But, I've heard that before for X, Y, or Z. I'm trying not to get hopeful, but am keeping my fingers crossed. Matt's Mom - I've been sick for a long time. I've been tested for everything under the sun and then some. The blood work for Sjogren's is only 20-60% accurate. The gold standard for dxing Sjogren's is to biopsy a salivary gland. The problem was, I didn't have any salivary glands on either my lower or upper lip, so they had to go in surgically. He thought he was going to have to make an incision by my ear to get to the parotid gland. I got lucky and a salivary gland popped up in my lower lip. It's risky to cut into the parotid gland because the main facial nerve runs through it, and if it doesn't go right there could be lifelong issues. If you look in the mirror at the inside of your lower and upper lips, you see bumps. Those are salivary glands. I don't have any bumps. Except for the one that popped up recently. The sour candy probably stimulated the gland. [/QUOTE]
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