It is finally here! Having counted down the days and months since the spring, TODAY is finally World Scleroderma Day. To read my post ‘June is Scleroderma Awareness Month,’ click here. To read my post about how the date for World Scleroderma Day was chosen, click …
DAY 28 Scleroderma Awareness Month: Complications, Skin Discoloration, Soft Tissue Damage As discussed in the first few days of Scleroderma Awareness Month, systemic scleroderma can affect any part of the body. See DAY 1  — Scleroderma Awareness Month to learn more about Scleroderma subgroups. See…
DAY 27Â Scleroderma Awareness Month: TELANGIECTASIA Telangiectasia are another symptom of Scleroderma, which although not life threatening as such, can be extremely distressing to the patient due to the change in appearance of the skin. As can be seen in the above image, my face has taken on…
Today’s image and post focuses on the lower gastro-intestinal tract. DAY 11 Scleroderma Awareness Month focused on the gastro-intestinal tract in general. To read about this, click here. DAY 21 Scleroderma Awareness Month focused on the upper gastro-intestinal tract. To read about this, click…
Pain is a universal symptom with disease and illness, and especially so with the autoimmune arthritic conditions. I cannot remember the last day whereby I did not have any pain. As with most of the symptoms with scleroderma, no two patients will present with the exact same…
Digital ulcers are more often than not a scleroderma patient’s nemesis. They used to be extremely troublesome for me, until I started taking bosentan continuously in autumn 2012. This requires me to have bi-monthly blood tests, which were monthly, for the first eighteen months of taking the drug.
As discussed in the Day 3 Scleroderma Awareness Month post – Scleroderma can affect all body parts. To read this post, click here. I also focussed on the Kidney and Renal involvement for the Day 15 Scleroderma Awareness Month…
This year, 2016, FESCA (Federation of European Scleroderma Associations) have put together the following awareness / information video: ‘Hand in Hand for a Better Future’ To watch the video on YouTube, click : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYIU7v50DfU To find out more about FESCA, visit their website as well…
DAY 22Â Scleroderma Awareness Month: JOURNAL OF SCLERODERMA and RELATED DISORDERS 1 Week to go until World Scleroderma Day on the 29th June To celebrate the launch of the first edition of the new Journal of Scleroderma and Related Disorders and World Scleroderma Day, for the last week…
DAY 21Â Scleroderma Awareness Month: UPPER Gastro-Intestinal Tract Scleroderma can affect the entire gastro-intestinal system starting from the mouth all the way down to the anus. Please see Day 11 SclerodermaAwareness Month for a general discussion of these symptoms — click here. Dry mouth, along with…
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