Immunosuppressive treatment for Sjögren’s disease-associated interstitial lung disease (ILD) has become more common in recent years, particularly among patients with greater respiratory symptoms or poorer lung function, a European study found. Despite the shift toward more frequent and diverse treatment, the proportion of patients whose lung disease worsened after…

People diagnosed with Sjögren’s disease at an older age may have more clinically recognized problems with their lungs than younger patients, a study found. Due to incomplete data on potential influencing factors, further studies are needed to confirm these findings, researchers emphasized. The study, “Clinical, serological, and hematological…

People with Sjögren’s disease, especially younger patients, have more infections and more repeat infections than their healthy peers, according to a study that analyzed medical records. Most infections were recorded after a Sjögren’s diagnosis, which “may reflect immunologic shifts associated with the onset of SjD [Sjögren’s disease], utilization…