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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 22  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 21  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…

  DAY 20  Scleroderma Awareness Month:  BONES, JOINTS, MUSCLES Most scleroderma patients will experience symptoms relating to their musculoskeletal system, including their bones, and in some cases this can lead to osteoporosis. Again, it is important to note that no two scleroderma patients will present with the exact…

DAY 19  Scleroderma Awareness Month: CALCINOSIS Today’s topic is the debilitating, painful symptom of calcinosis. It is important to note that not every scleroderma patient will experience calcinosis, since no two scleroderma patients present with the exact same set of symptoms. Calcinosis is more prevalent in the diffuse…

DAY 18  Scleroderma Awareness Month: SKIN, HANDS, MOUTH, DENTAL I focussed on the Skin and its management for Day 10 Scleroderma Awareness Month also. To read the post, click here Today’s image, I have focussed on the physical effects which skin tightening and stiffness can cause.