Scleroderma symptoms may be localized, primarily affecting the skin and underlying tissues. It may also be systemic, affecting your skin as well as the blood vessels and tissues of major organ ...

Among the total systemic sclerosis cohort, 14% of individuals were categorized as frail and 53% as prefrail, with frailty status linked to an increased risk for mortality.

Although scleroderma is rare, it is essential to recognize its symptoms to start treatment early. This condition most often affects women. So, what do the symptoms look like? Systemic scleroderma ...

Individuals may experience a range of symptoms different from the classic ... nearby university medical department who diagnoses systemic sclerosis. She and her husband are frightened, especially ...

Systemic sclerosis, also termed scleroderma, is a multisystem connective tissue disease involving autoimmunity, inflammation, fibrosis and vasculopathy. The clinical presentation of systemic ...

Low doses of glucocorticoids added to immunosuppression yield no significant benefit for skin fibrosis in early diffuse ...

A NEW Swedish study has found that menopausal hormone therapy (MHT) may be associated with an increased risk of developing ...

Professor Christopher Denton discusses key aspects of the 2024 British Society for Rheumatology guideline on managing systemic sclerosis.

She states symptoms as including: Pedra Lhermitte's Sign (electric shock sensation), facial pain, MS hug, heat intolerance, body jerks, cognitive fog, itching (pruritus), hypersensitivity to light, ...

in patients with systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD) in the following year. Despite available treatments, about 25% of patients with SSc-ILD develop PPF ...