More than 95% of people with scleroderma have both Raynaud's phenomenon and skin thickening (also called sclerodactyly when the fingers are involved). In addition, those with limited scleroderma ...

A 55-year-old woman with a history of scleroderma presented after 5 days of experiencing fever, chills and progressive swelling of her right thumb (Fig. 1). The thumb was exquisitely tender to touch.

Bob Saget attends The Scleroderma Research Foundation's Cool Comedy - Hot Cuisine at San Francisco Palace Hotel on April 29, 2009, in San Francisco, California. (Steve Jennings/WireImage) ...

Bob Saget. Mike Coppola/Getty Scleroderma is a rare, autoimmune connective tissue and rheumatic disease that primarily causes inflammation in the skin, and can lead to inflammation in other parts ...

An estimated 200,000 Americans have scleroderma, about 80,000 of whom have the systemic form of the disease, known as systemic sclerosis (SSc). SSc is further sub-classified as diffuse cutaneous ...

Scleroderma symptoms may only affect small areas of skin, but some people develop symptoms over wider areas, even a whole arm or leg. Scleroderma may affect only your skin.

Scleroderma effects 1,000 New Zealanders and some 300,000 Americans according to the American College of Rheumatology. The condition currently has no cure.

Among patients with juvenile dermatomyositis, calcinosis was associated with longer active disease duration, disease severity and clinical features such as lipodystrophy and joint contractures ...

SCLERODERMA is a condition that results in hard, thickened areas of skin. Although it is relatively uncommon, it can sometimes cause problems with internal organs and blood vessels in the most seve… ...

Study design: A case of thoracic spinal cord compression due to tumoral calcinosis (TC) is reported. Setting: Galiza, Spain. Case report: A 59-year-old man was admitted to our hospital with a 2 ...

Medications for Scleroderma Skin: Try using moisturizers or corticosteroid creams. Joint or other pain: Nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), like aspirin, naproxen, and ibuprofen, may help.