An excellent article on Sjogren's Syndrome by Angela Hill

Here is a really well done article on Sjogren's Syndrome featuring local Bay Area folks who suffer with this disease. According to Dr. Sarah Schafer, MD, who suffers with Sjogren's, "It's the most common disease that nobody's heard of"

Ron Hansman, 67, says "I'd love to have diabetes instead of this"

The author makes a great point about how this is one of those illnesses in which people look great, but feel terrible - a hidden disability. This leads to misdiagnosis, underdiagnosis, relationship problems, even suggestions of hypochondriasis. Many thanks to Venus Williams for going public about her struggles with Sjogren's Syndrome which has caused an upsurge of interest in the most common autoimmune disorder nobody's ever heard of!

Photo of Venus Williams by Nhat V. Meyer, Mercury News