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What treatment is available for scleroderma (not scleroderma!)?
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Sometimes antibiotic: Sometimes this is due to a streptococcal infection and antibiotics will help.
Answered 3/26/2013
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Treat symptoms: Scleroderma itself has no treatment. However, there are treatments for some of the manifestations of the disease. For example, problems with circulation, gastroesophageal reflux, secondary skin infections, etc. are at least partly treatable by medical and non-medical means.
Answered 2/25/2018
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