Sarah Schafer, MD
12 Reasons People With Sjogren's Don't Get Diagnosed
Most people with Sjogren's remain undiagnosed due to lack of clinician training and awareness.
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Sarah Schafer, MD
- Dec 12, 2022
- 4 min
My POTS diagnosis: worth the struggle
Learn how self-advocacy helped me get diagnosed and treated for POTS, an autonomic disorder.
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Sarah Schafer, MD
- Aug 5, 2022
- 5 min
All in your head?
Many people with Sjogren's are told they have functional disorders, when their symptoms are direct, physical Sjogren's manifestations.
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Sarah Schafer, MD
- Jan 3, 2022
- 3 min
Why doesn't my doctor understand Sjogren's?
Clinicians who believe the" nuisance sicca disease" myth are being led astray by outdated assumptions about the disease.
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Sarah Schafer, MD
- Dec 8, 2021
- 3 min
Countering misinformation - MYTH # 1 Sjogren's is mostly dryness, not systemic.
The most important thing for clinicians to know about Sjogren's is that it is a serious systemic disease.
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Sarah Schafer, MD
- Nov 18, 2021
- 2 min
Sjogren's Advocate pages are not handouts
Learn how to choose handouts that work well for clinician education, and why you can trust the information on Sjogren's Advocate.
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Sarah Schafer, MD
- Nov 11, 2021
- 5 min
How patients experience Sjogren's
Patients often a hard time finding doctors who understand Sjogren's and take it seriously.
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Sarah Schafer, MD
- Oct 9, 2021
- 2 min
The new ICD-10 codes: a low-key way to educate clinicians
The new ICD-10 codes for Sjogren's offer an easy, low-key want to educate clinicians about the systemic nature of the disease.
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Sarah Schafer, MD
- Sep 24, 2021
- 2 min
Spotlight on rheumatology education- You can make a difference
Rheumatologists have few opportunities to stay abreast of Sjogren’s knowledge. Sjogren’s is neglected at every level of medical education....
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