The average time from first symptom to a Sjögren’s disease diagnosis is three to six years. Now add long COVID to the picture, where the fatigue, dryness, joint pain, and brain fog overlap almost perfectly, and you can see how easily Sjögren’s gets missed.
Here is what the research is showing us:
✅ COVID targets your salivary glands through the ACE2 receptor
✅ Biopsies of COVID survivors looked like Sjögren’s disease under the microscope
✅ The anti-SSA and anti-SSB antibodies we test for in Sjögren’s are turning up after COVID
If your symptoms are not letting up, it is reasonable to ask whether an autoimmune workup has been done. You are not being difficult. You are connecting dots the system often does not.
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