Causes of Dry Eyes and Dry Mouth

The most common symptoms of Sjogren's syndrome are dry eyes and dry mouth. Causes of dry eyes and dry mouth include:

• Amyloidosis
• Chronic sialadenitis
• Diabetes mellitus
• Eosinophilia-myalgia syndrome
• Graft-versus-host disease
• Medication-related dryness
• Mouth breathing
• Multiple sclerosis
• Radiation injury
• Sarcoidosis
• DILS (HIV-related diffuse infiltrative lymphocytosis syndrome)
• Silicone breast implant disease
• Sjogren's syndrome (1° or 2°)
• Type 5 hyperlipidemia

Causes of Parotid Swelling

The salivary gland can swell for several reasons, including:

• Viral infection (mumps, cytomegalovirus, influenza)
• Sjogren’s syndrome (benign lymphoepithelial lesion)
• Granulomatous diseases (sarcoidosis, tuberculosis, leprosy)
• Recurrent parotitis of childhood
• Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection

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