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Is memory loss associated with scleroderma?
I believe my scleroderma is diffuse, but the question is the same for either form.......is memory loss associated with scleroderma? I'm having an increasingly difficult time with memory - both ......
Last Update: 2007-08-01
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drugs in I.L.D. in sclerderma
Sir,My mother aged 47 years, is a known case of hypertension for last 5 years. Currently taking Losartan 50 mg twice a day, Ditide 12.5 mg twice a day, Amlodipine ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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CREST Syndrome and related pulmonary involvement
I am a former patient of Dr.Wigley.He followed me for a few years while I lived in Baltimore and worked at JHH.I have CREST syndrome.My PFT has gradually gotten worse ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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scleroderma life expectancy
My wife has recently been diagnosed with CREST/scleroderma. Can anything be said about the overall life expectancy of people with this diagnosis? Older textbooks on the subject often ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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Surgery for calcinosis
I've been seeing Dr. Carole Dorsch of York, Pa. for several years for treatment of schleroderma crest. I have several spots of calcinosis on my right index finger. Dr. Dorsch ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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Stroke risk with Raynaud's syndrome
I've seen references to an increased risk of stroke in people with Raynaud's syndrome. In particular I see references to research by Frederick M. Wigley of Hopkins. Can you tell ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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scleroderma and muscle and joint stiffness
good-day,I have diffues scleroderma and my main problem is the fast and strong stiffness of the muscle and joints,I tried many kind of steroids(oral,IV,IM) but there was not much good,so ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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Scleroderma
My sister recently saw a rheumatologist at Pennsylvania Hospital in Philadelphia. She had been diagnosed with fibromyalgia, and was looking for a second opinion, although she has been suffering with ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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Best treatment for scleroderma
Should I be seeing a specialist in scleroderma or is the average rheumatologist capable of the best care? Also, I would like an opinion on treatment with penacillamine or some ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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scleroderma advice/what next ??
My father in law was diagnosed with Morphea. Althoughthis diagnosis is questionable to me because he alsohas pulminary hypertension which seems to be a morecommon sympton in systemics. He has ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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Scleroderma/Dermatomyositis Overlap
My husband is 36 years old and in relatively good health. He was recently diagnosed (through biopsy results from his hands and feet) with dermatomyositis-scleroderma overlap. His hands are rough, ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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scleroderma
is it advisable for someone with scleroderma to use only alternative methods such as vitimans, herbs, and natural health products for treatment and refuse any and all approved drugs for ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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Is enbrel an ok treatment for scleroderma
My rheumathologist, has told me that he will be using Embrel to treat my scleroderma/ mixed connective tissue illness. What is your advise on this? I am on metotrexate and ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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PLEASE HELP
Dear Dr. My MOM has been has scardoma and is in pain daily as the days get colder here in NY her hands hurt her so bad and her lower ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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Blue hands
When I type on a keyboard or when I get cold usually when I am sitting I notice that my hands turn blue and cold. Sometimes my hands turn blue ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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scleroderma and dialysis
My husband is on peritoneal dialysis after losing his kidney function, and almost his life, in a scleroderma renal crisis 18 months ago. He is reluctant to consider a kidney ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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Scleraderma & Surgery Complications of the Lungs
My friend was diagnosed with scleraderma at age 13 and is now 36. She has had numerous operations over the years and on 4/21/06 underwent surgery that was to remove ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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WHERE CAN I GET A CAPILLARY EXAM
I've been ill for 8 months. It all started with numbness in hands and feet and weakness in forearm muscles and calves. Then joint pain in thumbs and toes and ......
Last Update: 2007-04-24
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