{"id":108,"date":"2008-06-19T22:04:10","date_gmt":"2008-06-19T16:34:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cardiophile.com\/what-is-sjogrens-syndrome-and-how-does-it-affect-the-heart-heart"},"modified":"2024-02-10T09:28:48","modified_gmt":"2024-02-10T03:58:48","slug":"what-is-sjogrens-syndrome-and-how-does-it-affect-the-heart-heart","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/johnsonfrancis.org\/general\/what-is-sjogrens-syndrome-and-how-does-it-affect-the-heart-heart\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Sjogren\u2019s Syndrome and how does it affect the heart?"},"content":{"rendered":"

What is Sjogren\u2019s Syndrome and how does it affect the heart?<\/span><\/h2>\n

Sjogren’s Syndrome is an autoimmune disorder which affects various organ systems of the body. Autoimmune disease means the body’s immune mechanism fights against body’s own cells. Normal immune system does not fight against one’s own cells. Most important features of Sjogren’s Syndrome are dryness of eyes and mouth, since it affects the tear glands and salivary glands.<\/p>\n

Sjogren’s Syndrome in the mother has been associated with congenital complete heart block in the baby. Congenital complete heart block is a disorder in which the heart beat is unduly slow in a new born baby. This is because antibodies in the mother’s blood cross the placenta, the connection between the baby and the mother in the womb, and reach the baby’s heart and changes the function of the conduction system of the heart.<\/p>\n

Conduction system of the heart is similar to an electrical circuit which transmit tiny electrical signals from the upper chambers, the atria, to the lower pumping chambers, the ventricles. This conduction from the atria to the ventricles is impaired in congenital complete heart block. Hence the ventricles contract at a very slow rate. Congenital complete heart block in the fetus may be mistaken for fetal distress due to the slow heart rate. Prenatal glucocorticoid administration may prevent the development of complete heart block in the fetus.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

What is Sjogren\u2019s Syndrome and how does it affect the heart? Sjogren’s Syndrome is an autoimmune disorder which affects various organ systems of the body. Autoimmune disease means the body’s immune mechanism fights against body’s own cells. Normal immune system does not fight against one’s own cells. Most important features of Sjogren’s Syndrome are dryness […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22234,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-108","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general"],"yoast_head":"\nWhat is Sjogren\u2019s Syndrome and how does it affect the heart? - All About Heart And Blood Vessels<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sjogren's Syndrome is an autoimmune disorder which affects various organ systems of the body. 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