Scleroderma

Scleroderma (sklere-o-DER-muh) is a rare, progressive disease that leads to hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissues — the fibers that provide the framework and support for your body.
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Scleroderma is considered to be a multifactorial condition. Multifactorial inheritance means that "many factors" are involved in causing a health problem.
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Resources - scleroderma
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The following organizations are good resources for information on scleroderma:
Scleroderma Foundation ...
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Scleroderma
Dr Rob Hicks
There may be no cure for the skin-thickening disease scleroderma, but there are many forms of treatment that can help you lead as normal a life as possible.
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Scleroderma is a widespread autoimmune disorder. It causes the skin and other body parts to slowly degenerate, thicken, and stiffen. An autoimmune disorder is one in which the body produces antibodies against its own tissues for no known reason.
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Scleroderma - Scleroderma is a skin disease that is associated with illness involving internal organs. Learn how to recognize scleroderma warning signs and treatment on MedicineNet.com. Source:MedicineNet ...
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Scleroderma. Also called CREST syndrome or progressive systemic sclerosis, scleroderma affects the connective tissue.
Autoimmune hemolytic anemia. Occurs when the body produces antibodies that coat red blood cells.
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Scleroderma
A disease that first affects the skin and later affects certain internal organs. The first symptoms are the hardening, thickening, and shrinking of the skin.
Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) ...
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Fasciitis - Inflammation of the fascia. There are three major types: 1) Eosinophilic fasciitis, an inflammatory reaction with eosinophilia, producing hard thickened skin with an orange-peel configuration suggestive of scleroderma and considered by ...
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Flolan (epoprostenol sodium for injection) Expanded indication: long-term intravenous treatment of pulmonary hypertension associated with the scleroderma spectrum of disease in NYHA class III and IV patients who do not respond adequately to ...
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Secondary Raynaud's phenomenon commonly is linked to connective-tissue disorders, such as scleroderma, rheumatoid arthritis and lupus.
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The most common illness that is associated with Raynaud's is an auto-immune disease called scleroderma.
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Scleroderma
Psoriatic arthritis
Ankylosing spondylitis
Reiter's syndrome (reactive arthritis)
Adult Still's disease
Viral arthritis
Gonococcal arthritis
Other bacterial infections (non-gonococcal bacterial arthritis) ...
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These conditions include autoimmune diseases, such as scleroderma, Sjgren's syndrome, juvenile rheumatoid arthritis, and myositis. Other conditions with a high ANA titer include Raynaud's syndrome, viral infections, and liver disease.
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These antibodies are present in a variety of immunologic diseases including lupus, scleroderma, Sjogren's syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, polymyositis, dermatomyositis, and in persons taking hydralazine, procainamide, or isoniazid.
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- Silicone gel breast implants can cause arthritis-like symptoms, and induce lupus and scleroderma. Antibodies develop which attack collagen.
- In its early stages, ulcerative colitis (which see) can produce arthritic-like symptoms.
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Multiple sclerosis is believed to be an autoimmune disease, along with systematic lupus erythematosus , juvenile diabetes, myasthenia gravis, scleroderma, Graves disease and rheumatoid arthritis.
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Achalasia
Diffuse esophageal spasm
Hypertensive lower esophageal sphincter (the muscle at the end of the esophagus that allows food to pass into the stomach)
Nutcracker esophagus
Scleroderma ...
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nasogastric tubes (tubes passed through your nose down into your stomach)
eating large meals
lying down right after you eat
scleroderma (a disease that causes thickening and tightness of the skin).
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highest death rate in children with JRA occurs among patients with systemic JRA who develop systemic symptoms (eg, pleural and pericardial disease). JRA can also evolve into other diseases, such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or scleroderma, ...
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Cartilage products have also been studied as enhancers of wound repair and as treatments for osteoporosis, ulcerative colitis, regional enteritis, acne, scleroderma, hemorrhoids, severe anal itching, ...
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SLE can affect the skin, heart, lungs, joints, kidneys, and even the brain. In addition to the many symptoms of SLE, patients may also suffer from other autoimmune diseases such as , Scleroderma, or .
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scleroderma and dermatomyositis, affect collagen (connective tissue) throughout the body and blood vessels, they are referred to as collagen-vascular diseases.
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