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Sarah Schafer, MD

Nov 5
2 min

Dysautonomia intro and conference

Dysautonomia impacts more than half of Sjogren's patients.

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Sarah Schafer, MD

May 31
4 min

How to educate clinicians

Patients are often confused about how to advocate for better care. Because so many clinicians are not up to date with Sjogren’s, diagnosi...

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Sarah Schafer, MD

Oct 23, 2019
3 min

Working with PCPs - II

Key Articles The Key Articles: Sjogren’s Annotated Bibliography page is a great way to share Sjogren’s information with your clinicians. ...

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Words matter: problematic Sjogren's disease terms

Sarah Schafer, MD

Jul 19, 2019
4 min

Words matter: problematic Sjogren's disease terms

Medical terms used to describe Sjogren's are often misleading, and reinforce dismissive attitudes about the disease.

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Sarah Schafer, MD

Jun 21, 2019
1 min

Research progress

Most Saturdays mornings, I review a new batch of Sjogren’s- related journal articles from NIH and Google Scholar. These articles, along w...

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Sarah Schafer, MD

May 11, 2019
3 min

Neuropathy: Maybe it's all connected...

Do you have any of these? 1. Relentless, profound physical fatigue 2. Brain fog: Mental fatigue/cognitive changes 3. Dizziness or lighthe...

2,888 views

What are all those numbers in parentheses?

Sarah Schafer, MD

Apr 26, 2019
2 min

What are all those numbers in parentheses?

You have probably noticed that a lot of numbers inside parentheses are scattered throughout the website and blog. These are citations. Ci...

296 views

Sarah Schafer, MD

Apr 12, 2019
2 min

Do you have dysautonomia?

Dysautonomia, or malfunction of the autonomic nervous system, is estimated to impact more than half of Sjogren's patients.

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Misperceptions about Classification Criteria

Sarah Schafer, MD

Mar 12, 2019
1 min

Misperceptions about Classification Criteria

Many patients are told that they cannot have Sjogren's because they don't meet the Classification Criteria. This is simply incorrect. Wh...

532 views

Sarah Schafer, MD

Feb 20, 2019
1 min

Another Look at Sjogren's

This new section provides a framework for understanding comprehensive Sjogren’s care. Each of the following four areas should be address...

448 views

Sarah Schafer, MD

Jan 28, 2019
1 min

Misleading NYT Article

Earlier this month, I posted an online comment regarding this New York Times Article: He Thought He Just Had the Flu at First. Then His...

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Neurologic complications are often overlooked

Sarah Schafer, MD

Jan 16, 2019
2 min

Neurologic complications are often overlooked

Drs. McCoy and Baer made some important points in their Dec. 2017 article, Neurological Complications of Sjogren’s Syndrome: Diagnosis an...

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