A WOMAN with a rare illness which affects her skin, organs and tissues has starred in a new film which raises awareness about the condition ...

Scleroderma is an autoimmune disorder ... which can either be interstitial lung disease with fibrosis (scarring) of the lungs or pulmonary hypertension, which is elevated pressures in the pulmonary ...

Systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, afflicts about eight in 100,000 people in Asian populations. Read more at ...

The lungs are involved in 90% of cases ... it fell within the MCID range of 2%–6% derived from studies in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis and scleroderma.33 34 Our data synthesis provided some evidence ...

Treatment practices in the U.S. show approximately 75% of diagnosed pulmonary sarcoidosis patients require treatment with ...

Harm to tissues in the mouth can also loosen teeth. To try to avoid these problems: Systemic scleroderma can affect the lungs by causing loss of lung function, severe lung disease or scarring of lung ...

FOR Nicola Whitehill, life was once filled with nights out, sun-kissed holidays with friends and ambitions to make a name for herself in the legal profession. But her hopes were turned on their ...

Scleroderma affects approximately 300,000 people in the U.S., with about one-third developing systemic disease, which can affect major organs such as the lungs, kidneys or heart. Women are four ...

Heenan was 22 years old when she was first diagnosed with limited systemic scleroderma ... wore shirts that said "Pedaling toward new lungs" on the back. Mike Heenan, Barb's husband, said his ...

lungs, blood vessels, digestive system, and nerves. People with MCTD have symptoms of several diseases, including lupus, scleroderma, polymyositis or dermatomyositis, and rheumatoid arthritis.

Heenan was first diagnosed with limited systemic scleroderma at 22 years old ... "I knew that my lungs were deteriorating. I wanted to do it." "Now's the time," she thought then, "because there ...