Q: My son's hands started to swell more than a year ago, then his fingers and forearms got real hard. Then the skin around his mouth stated to wrinkle. After that he started to have difficulty ...

CHICAGO (WLS) -- Organizers with the Scleroderma Foundation of Greater Chicago will host the 14th annual 'Cooking Up A Cure' fundraising event on Thursday. Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease that ...

DEAR MAYO CLINIC: My daughter has recently been diagnosed with scleroderma. Can you tell me what causes it, what treatments are available and whether it is curable? We don’t know what causes ...

AMHERST, Va. (WDBJ) - Scleroderma is an often life-threatening inflammatory and vascular disease in which the body’s immune system attacks its own tissue. In its most aggressive form, the lungs, heart ...

Most people with scleroderma have autoantibodies. Several scleroderma-specific antibodies have been identified. These can help with diagnosis and give insight into the type of disease you may ...