| What You Need To Know If You Think You Have | | | | Important organs such as the heart, lungs and |
| Scleroderma | | | | kidneys can be attacked by the diseases unless quick |
| Scleroderma Disease - The Essentials- Scleroderma | | | | and adequate measures are taken for its treatment. |
| otherwise known as systemic sclerosis is a type of | | | | Any suspected case of scleroderma however small & |
| autoimmune condition that affects the connective | | | | insignificant should be checked out by an appropriate |
| tissues in the body. One of the most probable causes | | | | specialist at the earliest possible convenience. |
| of the condition is genetics. The area usually affected | | | | The second type of Scleroderma is classified as |
| by the diseases is the skin (at least in cases of | | | | limited. It tends to affects smaller areas of the skin, |
| limited scleroderma). Patches of skin in certain areas | | | | but the main difference between the two kinds is |
| of the body get thicker and harder. The affected | | | | that the limited Scleroderma develops and affects |
| areas, which are often swollen, can be small or large | | | | tissues and organs much more slowly & in many |
| depending on the severity and the stage of the | | | | cases will only affect the skin. |
| condition. | | | | 300.000 US, Scleroderma Sufferers & Counting.. |
| Severe & Aggressive Scleroderma | | | | More than three hundred thousand people in the |
| In some cases the disease spreads to areas such as | | | | United States alone suffer from Scleroderma, |
| the cartilage and tendons. It is not common, but | | | | however many cases go un-reported so the actual |
| sufferers with severe Scleroderma may have their | | | | figure is probably far greater. |
| internal organs and their blood vessels in particular | | | | The statistics also show that woman are far more |
| affected by the condition (systemic). | | | | susceptible to the condition, for every one male |
| Connective Tissue Disorder | | | | sufferer of Scleroderma there are four female cases. |
| This type of disease is formally classified as | | | | How To Treat Scleroderma |
| connective tissue disorder. This arthritic condition has | | | | There are methods and drug regimes which your |
| a specific method of working. It uses the antibodies | | | | doctor will prescribe to address some or all of your |
| that are supposed to attack any harmful elements | | | | scleroderma symptoms & from the outset with |
| against the organism that produces them. The level | | | | conditions being less severe they may prove |
| of the disease is usually determined by the size of | | | | affective. Unfortunately drugs by their very nature |
| the area that has been affected, but there are other | | | | will in time actually worsen the condition as a whole |
| factors also. | | | | or certain aspects of it I,e; organs. |
| There are two main types of Scleroderma that differ | | | | Drug Therapy- It can't Work In The Long Term |
| in terms of severity. The diffused Scleroderma | | | | WHY.. The reason for this is not hard figure, |
| usually starts by affecting the skin. The areas on | | | | Scleroderma in it's more aggressive form is known to |
| which the skin thickening commonly occurs are the | | | | affect skin, organs, muscles, joints and so on, now |
| abdomen, the face and the limbs. | | | | by treating specific symptoms of the disease the |
| Diffused or Limited Scleroderma - Which One Do I | | | | drug side affects will often trigger problems with |
| Have? | | | | other parts of the body. This can be a downward |
| Diffused scleroderma is by far the more serious | | | | spiral as your doctor tries to find drugs which will help |
| variation of the disease as it has the capacity to | | | | each or all of your scleroderma symptoms without |
| develop very quickly and affect the other internal | | | | affecting other organs, plus they need to find drugs |
| tissues and vital organs throughout the body. | | | | which can be used together. |