CREST syndrome is a form of scleroderma, specifically limited systemic scleroderma. Its symptoms affect the skin, joints, and blood vessels and progress more slowly than other forms of systemic ...

Systemic Scleroderma. Limited cutaneous scleroderma affects the skin slowly over time. It’s typically confined to your fingers, hands, lower arms and legs, usually below the knees.

If other organs are affected you have systemic scleroderma. With localized disease, your scleroderma symptoms may include: Swelling, stiffness, or pain in the fingers, toes, hands, feet, or face; ...

Systemic scleroderma: Your doctor may give you drugs that suppress your immune system, like mycophenolate, cyclophosphamide, and methotrexate. Although these aren't approved for scleroderma, ...

Scleroderma face symptoms primarily seen in systemic scleroderma include: skin tightening and hardening that creates a waxy, mask-like appearance the appearance of telangiectasias , small blood ...

Study reveals why scleroderma affects more women than men. Two new studies led by researchers at Hospital for Special Surgery (HSS) have uncovered key biological mechanisms driving systemic ...

Heenan was first diagnosed with limited systemic scleroderma at 22 years old, her body changing drastically as the rare autoimmune disease impacted her blood vessels, then later digestive system ...

Heenan was 22 years old when she was first diagnosed with limited systemic scleroderma. Her body changed drastically as the rare autoimmune disease affected her blood vessels, then later her ...