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Throughout June, our resident blogger and scleroderma patient, Nicola Whitehill, posted daily information and facts about scleroderma to celebrate Scleroderma Awareness Month. Read all Nicola’s Scleroderma Awareness Month articles here. According to the Scleroderma Foundation, scleroderma, or systemic sclerosis, is characterized as…

Learn more about Raynaud’s involvement in scleroderma.  In this Northern California Rheumatology Society (NCRS) video, listen to Robert Su MD conducting a presentation on the relationship between scleroderma and Raynaud’s at Northern California Rheumatology Society (NCRS) Patient Education Symposium. Throughout June, our…

An autoimmune disorder occurs when the body’s immune system starts attacking and destroying healthy body tissue by mistake. Scleroderma is a rheumatic, autoimmune and chronic disease that affects the body by hardening connective tissue. According to the American Autoimmune Related Diseases Association (AARDA), here are some facts and statistics about…

In this Demystifying Medicine video from McMaster University, learn more about idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF), a scleroderma-related condition that currently has no known cause. Back in February, researchers presented a study investigating the therapeutic effect of the monoclonal antibody CM-101 in animal models of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and…

Throughout June, our resident blogger and scleroderma patient, Nicola Whitehill, posted daily information and facts about scleroderma to celebrate the Scleroderma Awareness Month. Here are the last 15 articles of the month you cannot miss. DAY 16 Scleroderma Awareness Month: THE HEART “An early diagnosis and diagnostic…

Throughout June, our resident blogger and scleroderma patient, Nicola Whitehill, posted daily information and facts about scleroderma to celebrate Scleroderma Awareness Month. Read all Nicola’s Scleroderma Awareness Month articles here. In this Nursing Practice Questions by NRSNG video, learn more about…

Throughout June, our resident blogger and scleroderma patient, Nicola Whitehill, posted daily information and facts about scleroderma to celebrate the Scleroderma Awareness Month. Read all Nicola’s Scleroderma Awareness Month articles here. In this Manitoba PC Caucus video, watch Fort Richmond…

According to the John Hopkins Scleroderma Center, scleroderma has a big impact on your body, both emotionally and physically. There are a number of parts of your body that may be directly or indirectly affected by scleroderma and should be watched. Since scleroderma varies from person to person, these…

According to the Scleroderma Foundation, here are five common-sense tips that a scleroderma patient should follow in order to improve health and well-being. 1. Manage your fatigue In order to deflect fatigue, make sure to avoid major efforts and get plenty of rest. It is in your best interest to…

Here’s an amazing story from a chronic illness patient. Wyatt Wright a.k.a (Wyatt The Warrior),  a 9-year-old young man diagnosed with localized scleroderma (linear) at the age of 8. Scleroderma is a rare condition characterized by the hardening and tightening of the skin and connective tissue. In…