Dry mouth should be a cause for concern, especially if it's accompanied by symptoms like a sore throat, difficulty chewing or swallowing, and a persistent sticky sensation. People with diabetes ...

Oral symptoms. The main oral complaint of SS patients is xerostomia. It has been suggested that the symptom of dry mouth appears when the salivary flow rate decreases to about 50% of the original ...

Primary SS is the diagnosis for individuals who have ocular dryness and xerostomia only.The term secondary SS is used when connective tissue disease also is present. The connective tissue disease ...