Systemic sclerosis

Systemic Sclerosis
Also called scleroderma, systemic sclerosis is a diffuse connective tissue disease.

CREST syndrome; Progressive systemic sclerosis; Systemic sclerosis; Localized scleroderma
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How is systemic sclerosis diagnosed?
Systemic sclerosis can be difficult to diagnose as it can develop gradually and can take different forms.

Systemic sclerosis is classified as follows:
Limited cutaneous scleroderma (CREST syndrome)
Diffuse cutaneous scleroderma
Sine scleroderma
Environmentally induced scleroderma
Overlap syndromes
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Progressive Systemic Sclerosis - Scleroderma
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Diagnosis & Tests
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Alternate Names : CREST syndrome, Limited scleroderma, Progressive systemic sclerosis, Systemic sclerosis, Localized scleroderma, Morphea, linear
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Systemic sclerosis is the term used to describe the more severe form of scleroderma, which affects many organs in the body.

Systemic sclerosis is a chronic, degenerative disease that affects the joints, skin, and internal organs. Scleroderma is also associated with blood vessel abnormalities. Systemic sclerosis occurs only rarely in children.

Systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
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Risks
There is very little risk involved with having your blood taken. Veins and arteries vary in size from one patient to another and from one side of the body to the other.

Systemic sclerosis, amyloidosis, dermatomyositis, myotonic dystrophy
Functional
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Progressive Systemic Sclerosis
PSS
Sclerosis, Familial Progressive Systemic
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Scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis): Overview
Scleroderma (also called systemic sclerosis) is a rare disease characterized most often by skin thickening.

The term “systemic sclerosis' is more accurate when other parts of the body are affected. The diagnosis of systemic sclerosis should be doubted in the absence of Raynaud’s phenomenon.
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Diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis. This type affects the skin of your fingers, hands, arms, legs, face, neck and trunk.

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WHY: Raynaud's phenomenon may occur in mixed connective tissue disease, systemic lupus erythematosus, progressive systemic sclerosis, poly- myositis/dermatomyositis, and rheumatoid arthritis associated with Sjogren's syndrome.

Scleroderma or progressive systemic sclerosis
Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease (body's immune systems mistakenly attacks itself) characterized by diffuse thickening of the skin and internal organs. The cause remains unknown.

Progressive Systemic Sclerosis (Scleroderma)
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When Raynaud's syndrome is associated with scleroderma (Systemic Sclerosis) problems may involve skin ulcers (sores) or gangrene (tissue death) in the fingers or toes. Painful ulcers and gangrene are fairly common and can be difficult to treat.

Antihypertensive medications, antiplatelet agents, vasodilators, and aspirin are used to treat systemic sclerosis. Antibiotics are often prescribed to control the overgrowth of intestinal flora.

Calcinosis, CREST, cutaneous systemic sclerosis, diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis, hardened skin, limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis, linear scleroderma, localized scleroderma, morphea scleroderma, overlap syndromes, Raynaud's phenomenon, ...

The diffuse form of scleroderma (systemic sclerosis) involves symmetric thickening of skin of the extremities, face, and trunk (chest, back, abdomen, or flanks) that can rapidly progress to hardening after an early inflammatory phase.

Scleroderma - Also known as systemic sclerosis, scleroderma means literally 'hard skin.' The disease affects the skin, blood vessels, and joints. It may also affect internal organs, such as the lungs and kidneys.

Systemic scleroderma is also called systemic sclerosis. This form of the disease may affect the organs of the body, large areas of the skin, or both. This form of scleroderma has two main types: limited and diffuse scleroderma.

The systemic forms can affect any part of the body (skin, blood vessels, and internal organs.) They are also referred to as "systemic sclerosis" plus other terms such as diffuse, limited, CREST, and overlap.

Scleroderma, also called systemic sclerosis, is a chronic, degenerative disease that affects the joints, skin, and internal organs. Scleroderma is also associated with blood vessel abnormalities.

CREST is a form of Systemic Sclerosis (scleroderma) which is characterized by ... Primary biliary cirrhosis accompanied by CREST syndrome. ...
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muscular dystrophy,
dermatomyositis,
myasthenia gravis,
scleroderma (systemic sclerosis), and
Sjogren's syndrome.

rheumatoid arthritis, systemic lupus erythematosus, and systemic sclerosis), but now is thought to be more appropriate for diseases associated with defects in collagen, which is a component of the connective tissue.

Dermatomyositis and its sister disease, polymyositis , belong to a large category of connective tissue disorders that include lupus erythematosus , rheumatoid arthritis , and scleroderma (systemic sclerosis).

and the tissue that supports the nerves and blood vessels throughout the body). There are two major forms of the disorder. The type known as localized scleroderma mainly affects the skin. Systemic scleroderma, which is also called systemic sclerosis, ...

Systematic Lupus Erythematosus
Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome
systemic elastorrhexis (obsolete)
Systemic Mast Cell Disease
Systemic Mastocytosis
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Systemic Capillary Leak Syndrome
systemic elastorrhexis (obsolete)
Systemic Mast Cell Disease
Systemic Mastocytosis
Systemic Sclerosis
Systolic Click-Murmur Syndrome
Systopic Spleen
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Rheumatic diseases — Systemic lupus erythematosus, rheumatoid arthritis, systemic sclerosis, and mixed connective tissue disease are the most common rheumatic causes of pericarditis.

SWS see Sturge-Weber syndrome
Sydenham Chorea
Syringomyelia
Systemic Arthritis see Arthritis (Juvenile Idiopathic)
Systemic Lupus Erythematosus see Lupus
Systemic Mastocytosis see Mastocytosis
Systemic Sclerosis see Scleroderma ...

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Mixed Connective Tissue Disease - Mixed connective-tissue disease (MCTD) is a disorder in which features of various connective-tissue diseases (CTDs) such as systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE); systemic sclerosis (SSc); dermatomyositis (DM); ...

See also: Sclerosis, Symptom, Rheum, Arthritis, Scleroderma