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Overview of Scleroderma Part 2: Treatment and Management

This video was created by fourth-year McMaster University Students: Nabeelah Khan, Andrew Nguyen, Helen Kim, Tosin Tomiwa, Kosalan Akilan, and Justin Lu for McMaster’s Demystifying Medicine seminar series. Although Scleroderma associated symptoms can be severe, they can be largely reduced if scleroderma is detected in its early stages and properly…

Tips to Support Your General Health Post-Scleroderma Diagnosis

According to the Scleroderma Foundation, Dr. Serebro’s Five Rules for Scleroderma Patients are: No tobacco or smoking. No drinking alcoholic beverages. No caffeine such as soda or coffee drinks. Stay active through exercise such as Aquacise. Stay warm and avoid going outside in temperatures below 60 F   The…

Scleroderma and Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension

In this video from the Scleroderma Foundation, learn more about pulmonary arterial hypertension and scleroderma by Aryeh Fischer, M.D. Pulmonary arterial hypertension can be a serious complication of scleroderma. New therapies offer hope to those who have been diagnosed with PAH. In this session, participants will gain a clear understanding…

Fast Facts about Scleroderma

  Learn some fast facts about scleroderma, according to rheumatology.org: Scleroderma differs from person to person, but can be very serious. There are medications, as well as steps individuals can take, to ease the symptoms of Raynaud’s phenomenon, skin problems and heartburn. Effective treatments are available for those with…

Last Week’s Top 3 Most Read Posts About Scleroderma

Read the Articles Here: Breakthrough Therapy Designation Awarded to Roche for SSc Treatment Systemic Sclerosis Patients’ Intestinal Microbiome Found To Be Enriched by Inflammatory Bacteria “Debilitating, Profound” Fatigue Reported by Patients with Autoimmune Diseases Such as Scleroderma…

Read the Top 10 Scleroderma Articles of 2015

  10 – “Systemic Sclerosis-overlap Syndrome To Be Taken as New Disease Subset” Read full article here: http://bit.ly/1OiQkKW Read Top 10 Scleroderma Articles of 2015: http://bit.ly/1PuQEHn 9 – “Botulinum Toxin Studied as Therapy for Scleroderma-associated Raynaud’s Syndrome”  …