Planning to have a baby can be an exciting time in life. But if you have systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, the excitement can be tempered by concerns related to your disease: Will scleroderma affect ...

Scleroderma is a poorly understood illness that causes widespread hardening of the skin, especially on the hands and face. It also can damage the lungs, heart, kidneys, digestive tract, muscles and ...

Scleroderma is rare. The Scleroderma Foundation estimates that about 300,000 people in the United States have some type of scleroderma. The following explains who has a higher risk of developing ...

Juvenile scleroderma causes hardening and tightening of the skin. Scleroderma, which literally means “hard skin,” is a rare disease that affects the skin and connective tissue (fibers that provide the ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease that leads to the hardening and tightening of the skin. It can also cause damage to the blood vessels, the digestive tract, and internal organs like the lungs, ...

If you have scleroderma, it can take time to get the diagnosis. Scleroderma is rare, and the signs and symptoms are similar to many other diseases. Doctors who most commonly diagnose scleroderma are ...

Many scleroderma symptoms resemble the symptoms of a number of conditions, which means it can take longer to find out if scleroderma is the cause or which of the different types of scleroderma is ...

An autoimmune disease is an immune system disorder in which our immune system starts attacking the very body it is supposed to protect. There are more than 100 types of autoimmune diseases, each with ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune condition that almost affects every body part. Treatment of scleroderma is focussed on reducing the symptoms. 'Scleroderma' refers to a chronic, auto immune disease, ...

Scleroderma is a health condition that involves thickening of the skin and may also affect internal organs. This condition can be difficult to diagnose due to the fact that several other health ...

Nailfold capillaroscopy is a non-invasive imaging technique for morphological assessment of capillaries in the nailfold area and represents a key method for differentiation of primary and secondary ...