Sicca Syndrome

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
SS
Pronunciation
/ˈsɪkə ˈsɪndrəʊm/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. The sicca syndrome was mostly appeared as dryness of mouth and eye clinically.
  2. Objeetive : To study the therapeutic action of healing sicca syndrome ( SS ) on model rats with Jinxieyuan Granula.
  3. Results : Among 11 hyperthyroidism patients, 2 patients complicated with type I diabetes, 2 with sicca syndrome and 7 with leukodermia. 1 patient had hypothyroidism and Addison's disease.
  4. Gren's syndrome ( SS ), also called sicca syndrome, is a chronic and inflammatory autoimmune disorder characterized by the progressive lymphocytic and plasma cell infiltration of salivary and lacrimal glands, which eventually results in xerostomia and xerophthalmia.
  5. Conclusion Rheumatic manifestations such as Behcet's - like syndrome, lupus-like syndrome, Sicca syndrome / DILS and myositis are common in Chinese HIV patients.

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