Extreme Dry Mouth and Eyes
 
I have had a serious bout of dry mouth and eyes for about 4 months now...so bad it is causing tooth decay. I was tested for Sjogrens but the test they ran( Sjogrens AB) came back negative.  My mouth gets so dry I can't even talk.  I am also having eye problems like light sensitivity, this weird white gooey deposit on my eye and I have had to use eye drops constantly.  Right below my jaw on both sides, I have swollen glands but they do not hurt....any suggestions? 
 
at the time these issues started up, was something new going on?

I would look for exposure to a component in cleaning products, paint:

such as BUTYL or 2-butoxyethanol

Be sure you are NOT being exposed.   9-17-08
 
I still think you should consider a chemical exposure for all of these symptoms in addition to whatever else might be the cause ... this is the most probable: for CFIDS in general, for CFS, FM. I know you have good definitions for the variations of each of these, however, the chemical that I suspect causes many variations

The proof is the fatigue that evades medical science: autoimmune hemolytic anemia, per research on what 2-butoxyethanol does ... and I suspect BUTYL in general.

I think there is something doctors are giving new moms during the birth of a baby ... that can cause these issues to show up.  (or meds to stop nausea)

Researchers cannot figure out what causes HELLP Syndrome.
Looks to me exactly like how exposure to BUTYL would look like
http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/hellpsyndrome.htm

They should also ask those in their research programs, "Do you have any short term memory loss?" MAYBE even the post partum blues ... another aspect of what EGBE exposure will do (Ethylene Glycol MonoBUTYL Ether)

I notice with the newest mom in our family, that she had horrible headaches, FATIGUE, memory loss (that I noticed by being around her a lot then) and now she is expecting another baby and her doctor says she is anemic and gave her an IV drip for iron

I am very concerned for her, and for baby, too, if neither are getting enough oxygen.
And the anemia she has ... I suspect is the anemia not found for the CFIDS, CFS, FM groups. I think it is more serious even than the cancers that can pop up later.

FIND 'the hard to find ANEMIA' - Is it part of CFIDS?
http://www.valdezlink.com/re/helps2.htm

Now 2-butoxyethanol is said to DEFAT the skin ... so that would really take moisture out of one's skin ... or even whole body. Accutane has a butylated inert ingredient, and I think it can dry out ones skin ... not just on the face, but everywhere else too. Warnings for the use of this acne medication is very much like that of 2-butoxyethanol.

Too much of any chemical (and meds are also chemicals) can cause a rash, or dryness. How does a body complain?
http://www.valdezlink.com/pages/howcomplain.htm

An annoying cough? What have you been doing differently than before the cough started?

I strongly urge you to listen to your body ... and especially look out for 'flu symptoms' the 'sniffles' ... diarrhea ... as these are reaction to BUYTL .. . not to a virus
 http://www.valdezlink.com/re/avoidpesticides.htm

check into glycobiology for help

medhelp.org/posts/show/627486?personal_page_id=190019&post_id=post_3440165

9-23-08

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