Limited scleroderma typically comes on gradually and affects the skin only in certain areas: the fingers, hands, face, lower arms, and legs. Many people with limited disease have Raynaud’s phenomenon for years before skin thickening starts. Others start out with skin problems over much of the body, which improves over time, leaving only the face….What is Crest Syndrome?
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CREST specialist Dr. Boris Ratiner offers expert information regarding CREST including CREST symptoms, CREST diagnosis, and common CREST treatments.
Here are some of the potential problems that can occur in systemic scleroderma and the medical and nonmedical treatments for them. (These problems do not occur as a result or complication of localized scleroderma.) [Note: This is not a complete listing of problems or their treatments. Different people experience different problems with scleroderma and not….Additional Problems that Can Occur with Systemic Scleroderma