Scleroderma Stories: Amy’s Stem Cell Treatment

Scleroderma is a systemic autoimmune disease that causes hardening of the skin and connective tissues. The disease mostly affects women ages 30-50, but children and men can also have scleroderma. Each person’s experience with the disease is individual to them. Some may deal with slight skin tightening while others could suffer with serious internal organ issues.

Listen in on a lecture about overlapping conditions in scleroderma here. 

In this Scleroderma Colorado video, Amy Johnson tells about her journey through an experimental new treatment which included a stem cell harvest followed by a week of chemotherapy.  The video explains that while there are new and aggressive treatments for scleroderma, there is still no cure for the disease.

Discover ten important symptoms of scleroderma in our article here.

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