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Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Dec 3, 2023 | Replies (621)
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@leonsita

Please help me too! I have dry eyes, dry mouth and throat, ear pain, and spinal degeneration…. Teeth problems… TMJ dysfunction and cartilage is gone! Esophageal dysmotility , and stylohoid ligament calcification…dysphagia…etc… have been diagnosed with Hashimoto thyroiditis… positive ANA, and antzic4 antibody… (no neoplasm) … negative Sjogren antibodies…. I need a doctor willing to do the biopsy… Who can perform the salivary gland biopsy??? Most doctors settle for only antibodies testing… Please help! Thanks!

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cblue | @cblue | Nov 15, 2023

I'm not sure where you live, but usually medical centers have oral pathologists. I 'm in NYC where Columbia Presbyterian has one. Long list for main center, but able to get a fairly prompt examination at a satellite outpost for salivary flow (inadequate)-> led to biopsy and diagnosis.

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