Question 1

who gets scleroderma?

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Anyone: Anyone can get it, but it's more common amongst female.

Question 2

what causes scleroderma in people?

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Unknown: The precise cause is unknown but there is a genetic predisposition in certain individuals. Viruses, certain drugs, and environmental factors have been considered as potential triggers for the onset of scleroderma in genetically susceptible persons.

Question 3

how will my scleroderma be treated?

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Scleroderma: There is no treatment. The symptoms can be helped by various medications. Bu medical center has the best program in scleroderma research.

Question 4

what are signs, symptoms of scleroderma?

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Tight skin: People with scleroderma have  tight skin, but have other findings including raynauds, finger changing color in the cold or stress, joint pain, and can have internal involvement in the lungs, heart, kidney etc. Each person has different finding and  the rheumatologist  helps to put it together.

Question 5

is scleroderma preventable?

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No: No it is not. However, skin changes similar to scleroderma can be seen after exposure to toxins such as vinyl chloride or rarely from meds such as bleomycin.

Question 6

what is morphea also scleroderma?

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Sort of: Morphea is a localized patch of scleroderma (hard skin) that is generally not associated with the systemic manifestations of scleroderma or systemic sclerosis.

Question 7

what is scleroderma crest variant?

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Limited : The limited cutaneous form of systemic sclerosis is also referred to as crest syndrome. "crest" is an acronym for calcinosis, raynaud's syndrome, esophageal dysmotility, sclerodactyly, and telangiectasia.

Question 8

can you get scleroderma and lupus?

Accepted Answer

Mixed Picture: It would be very rare (but not impossible) to truly have both diseases together.  It would be more likely to develop a so-called "overlap syndrome" in which you have a single autoimmune disorder that seems to borrow some features from each of these classic diseases without truly being purely one or purely the other.

Question 9

who is the top guru for scleroderma?

Accepted Answer

Fredrick M. Wigley: Dr wigley wrote the chapter on scleroderma in cecil's text of med.
At john hopkins.  An alterntive site is the road back foundation and a nurtritional angle can be found at immunolabs.

Question 10

is psoriasis the same as scleroderma?

Accepted Answer

Not even remotely: Psoriasis is an autoimmune skin rash while scleroderma is a connective tissue disorder. Totally unrelated.

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