Could I have sjorgens ? Does anyone have these symptoms?

Lynne, I don't know about the sunken part, but the swollen parotid gland could be part of SS. 34 years I was finally diagnosed when I had a left swollen gland - they talked about all sorts of possibilities including a tumour, but a month later when the right side came up fortunately the tumour possibility was discarded and further tests done. Is the area  very hard and visibly swollen? It is worth continuing to investigate all possibilities, but, I said I was diagnosed 34 years ago and just today at age 62 I climbed to 4688m and experienced no altitude sickness so don't be too alarmed, there is definitely a good life on the other side of diagnosis. Best wishes.

I'm just suggesting an alternative to Sjogren's. I wonder if you have a saliva gland that has plugged up and is swollen and infected. That's just a suggestion. But you definitely need to pursue this with your doctor. And be sure to advocate for yourself. Don't let him brush this aside.

I think an MRI probably shows more however there are times when an ultrasound is more appropriate. For example when they check for blood clot in the leg they do a sonogram but when they're checking for a blood clot in the chest they do an x-ray. So I think it just depends on what the radiologist and Doctor think is the best test to have done. I suspect an ultrasound would be cheaper than an MRI.

If you could tolerate an ultrasound onto swollen section I would be amazed. My parotid swellings are intensely painful to the touch.

Hiya Lynne, I was first diagnosed with SS 39 years ago now, and it was just that swelling that got me finally diagnosed..like others have saud..don’t know about the sunken ..mine was very swollen and still gets like that toda. Dry mouth and eyes are part and parcel, I use drops for dry eyes, and spray fir mouth, there a lots over the counter meds like these, they are most helpful, a heap of people with SS also have other autimune issues like Fibromyalgia and lots of other..I have a few condition, but they are not as bad as when I first was diagnosed, the biggest problem is these conditions take soooo long to diagnose because there are so many overlapping symptoms,  and each patient might have totally different symptoms too, but a rhumotologist is who diagnosed you usually, unless you have a special GP, who knows all about the condition..I do hope you get a diagnoses soon, be blessed Lynne and have a great weekend..🙏😘💐

Ooops sorry Lynne I’ve had SS 30years...typo..lol😘😘

Me again, I also had lots of tests for this..which all came  back clear...including CT scan..😍👍