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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 video by the Scleroderma Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter, watch Michael Brown, MD, Professor of Medicine, Rush University Medical Center, talk about scleroderma and the gastrointestinal tract (GI). Read the latest scleroderma and gastrointestinal (GI) problems news here: http://bit.ly/1ZGMEEZ Scleroderma News is strictly a news and information…

Throughout June, our resident blogger and scleroderma patient, Nicola Whitehill, posted daily information and facts on scleroderma to celebrate the Scleroderma Awareness Month. Read all Nicola’s Scleroderma Awareness Month articles here. In this emotional video by the Scleroderma Foundation, Greater Chicago Chapter, learn what scleroderma is…

In this 2012 video from the Scleroderma Foundation, learn more about disability benefits from Jennifer Louise Fry. Esq. “Get information and insight into how the Social Security Disability process works from an attorney who specializes in disability law.” Learn more about scleroderma here: http://bit.ly/learnscleroderma Scleroderma News…

In this 2012 video from the Scleroderma Foundation, learn more about overlapping conditions in systemic sclerosis by Tamiko Katsumoto, M.D. “In many cases, scleroderma patients may experience clinical features of other autoimmune diseases, and these patients are considered to have an “overlap syndrome”.” Follow the latest scleroderma news…

In this video by the Scleroderma Foundation, listen to Dr. Janet Pope’s session during the 2015 Scleroderma Foundation National Patient Education Conference in Nashville, Tennessee. “The workshop discusses itching, pain, gut problems, Raynaud Phenomenon, and other symptoms many people suffer with due to living with scleroderma. Practical solutions to the pain…

According to the Cleveland Clinic, although scleroderma may be similar in adults and children, there are some specific characteristics that are more pronounced in children. Pediatric scleroderma is divided into systemic and localized diseases, which is further differentiated into subtypes based on clinical findings of skin involvement.

In this video from a lecture at the 2015 Scleroderma Foundation National Patient Education Conference, learn from Dinesh Khanna, MD, MS about “the gut involvement (also called digestive system or gastrointestinal involvement) in scleroderma and how it can affect up to 95 percent of people suffering from the disease.”…

The Scleroderma Education Project is a non-profit organization focused on providing up-to-date and comprehensive research-based information for scleroderma patients. As part of their ongoing research, they are compiling a short survey on blood types. This survey is directed only at patients who know their blood type and who…

You might remember Ann Havelock’s amazing story and fight with scleroderma that Rick Dancer captured. Now, in his new video, we are able to see how is Ann now, and also learn more about how her husband has been supporting her through it all.