What is scleroderma? What are the symptoms that can be seen?

Updated on healthy 2024-03-29
14 answers
  1. Anonymous users2024-02-07

    The early symptoms of scleroderma are mainly manifested as whitening, redness, purple, muscle tenderness, joint pain, numbness, swelling, erythema, muscle weakness, edema, itching, stereotyped face, inability to clench fists with both hands, morning stiffness of finger joints, cyanosis, finger movement disorders, unable to be lifted normally, hardening, texture fading and other symptoms, and if the situation is serious, it will also cause lesions of the kidneys, heart and lungs, and even life-threatening if it is not timely.

    Scleroderma is generally caused by factors such as abnormal humoral immunity, congenital heredity, abnormal hormone secretion levels, environmental influences, etc., early scleroderma can be treated with some drugs that dilate blood vessels and improve microcirculation, such as aspirin, dipyridamole, etc., and can also be improved with some drugs such as glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants, such as methotrexate, cyclohorin, etc., and you can also eat some drugs that can increase nutrition and elasticity, such as penicillamine, Usually pay attention to keep the best clean and hygienic, but also do a good job of keeping yourself warm, which is helpful for diseases.

  2. Anonymous users2024-02-06

    Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease characterized by localized or diffuse thickening and fibrosis that can affect multiple systems such as the heart, lungs, kidneys, and digestive tract. The patient's ** has changes of hardening, thickening and atrophy, which can be divided into two types: localized and systemic according to the degree of the lesion and the location of the lesion. Localized scleroderma is mainly manifested as **sclerosis; Systemic scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis, can involve **, synovium and internal organs, especially the gastrointestinal tract, lungs, kidneys, heart, blood vessels, skeletal muscle system, etc., causing the dysfunction of the corresponding organs.

    The ratio of women to this disease is significantly more than that of men, the ratio is about 3:1, can occur at any age, more common in 20-50 years, the basic pathological changes are fibrosis of connective tissue, atrophy and vaso-occlusive vasculitis. Prompt diagnosis should be made and soft should be used as soon as possible.

    Quality. Frost, avoid development, gradually**!!

  3. Anonymous users2024-02-05

    The first symptoms of scleroderma are manifested in the difference in size of the dorsum of the hands.

    1. Irregularly shaped edematous erythema, symmetrically dispersed, usually not rotting, not itchy, and burning, called erythema multiforme. This rash is not affected by the seasons and is present all year round, while chilblains tend to occur in winter, often decaying, and have significant itching, which are the precursors of scleroderma.

    The manifestation of scleroderma in the early stage is mild, touching the edge of the erythema with the hand, there is a soft and hard feeling, and the patient usually does not have itching. The shape of this rash is similar to other allergic diseases on the face, such as cosmetic dermatitis caused by cosmetic allergies. However, although the rash of cosmetic dermatitis also has photosensitivity, erythema usually does not involve the bridge of the nose, the edge of contact erythema, there is no soft and hard feeling, and cosmetic dermatitis patients have significant itching, etc., which are all early manifestations of scleroderma.

    In order to reduce the serious harm caused by this disease, it is necessary to know more about the early symptoms of the disease, so as to detect the existence of the disease as early as possible, and to ** the disease earlier.

    Scleroderma is not very harmful, and because the disease is a systemic immune disease, the difficulty is also very great, and patients can only seize the best period in the early stage to reduce the difficulty of the disease and allow themselves to better recover their health.

  4. Anonymous users2024-02-04

    Early symptoms of scleroderma may be impaired, chills, and loss of appetite. When the above clinical manifestations appear, it is necessary to go to the hospital for diagnosis as soon as possible, and Yiling Hospital has vigorously explored a variety of almost "magical" effective**, and proposed a "scleroderma three-stage **softening program" for this disease, which is well received by the majority of patients. Big compliments.

  5. Anonymous users2024-02-03

    In such a situation, the body will be very dry, and the whole body will be stiff, the face will be particularly thick, and it will often cause some spasms, fingers will be white, there will be erythema, and there will be some symptoms of pigmentation.

  6. Anonymous users2024-02-02

    It will lead to emaciation, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting, dizziness and other symptoms, as well as diseases, some erythema, and swelling and pain in the joints.

  7. Anonymous users2024-02-01

    The earliest symptoms of scleroderma are mainly manifested in Raynaud's phenomenon, which means that the patient's hands and feet will be cold when they are nervous or cold, and the skin color will turn white or even purple. Many people will ignore this phenomenon, and it is actually the first symptom of scleroderma.

  8. Anonymous users2024-01-31

    Scleroderma is a connective tissue disease characterized by local or extensive hardening and progressive sclerosis of visceral collagen fibers, which will have paroxysmal pallor, chills, and numbness of the hands after exposure to cold in the early stage, and then turn bruised, and then turn to flushing, and at the same time there may be irregular fever, joint pain, loss of appetite, weight loss and other symptoms.

  9. Anonymous users2024-01-30

    Scleroderma is a common ** disease. In the early stages of scleroderma, some dry skin appears on the hands and arms. This disease should seize the critical period of **.

  10. Anonymous users2024-01-29

    I wish the human scleroderma to disappear as soon as possible.

  11. Anonymous users2024-01-28

    The early symptoms of scleroderma are mainly manifested as whitening, redness, purple, muscle tenderness, joint pain, numbness, swelling, erythema, muscle weakness, edema, itching, stereotyped face, inability to clench fists with both hands, morning stiffness of finger joints, cyanosis, finger movement disorders, unable to be lifted normally, hardening, texture fading and other symptoms, and if the situation is serious, it will also cause lesions of the kidneys, heart and lungs, and even life-threatening if it is not timely.

    Scleroderma is generally caused by factors such as abnormal humoral immunity, congenital heredity, abnormal hormone secretion levels, environmental influences, etc., early scleroderma can be treated with some drugs that dilate blood vessels and improve microcirculation, such as aspirin, dipyridamole, etc., and can also be improved with some drugs such as glucocorticoids or immunosuppressants, such as methotrexate, cyclohorin, etc., and you can also eat some drugs that can increase nutrition and elasticity, such as penicillamine, Usually pay attention to keep the best clean and hygienic, but also do a good job of keeping yourself warm, which is helpful for diseases.

  12. Anonymous users2024-01-27

    Raynaud's phenomenon (i.e., when the extremities turn pale in cold and dry weather, and turn red when the blood vessels are re-opened) and harden and thicken.

    Gastrointestinal tract: including dysphagia, acid reflux, low bowel movements, etc.

    Lungs: Interstitial pulmonary fibrosis and pulmonary hypertension are the most common causes of death from systemic sclerosis.

    Kidneys: The most serious is renal hypertensive crisis, which refers to sudden hypertension caused by vascular lesions, and leads to rapid deterioration of renal function, retinopathy, capillary hemolysis and hypertensive encephalopathy.

    Heart: A few can have arrhythmia, heart failure, pericarditis, etc.

    Musculoskeletal pain: Generalized arthralgia and morning stiffness are typical symptoms.

    Malignancy: Patients with scleroderma have a higher risk of developing lung tumors than the general population.

  13. Anonymous users2024-01-26

    Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease of unknown cause, with **edema, pale or reddish, followed by **dryness, smoothness, thickening, hardening, thinning, hair loss, and intractable ulcers at the fingertips and joints as the main clinical features. The disease is limited and systemic, with the former being limited to ** and muscle damage, and the latter involving internal organs. The age of onset of scleroderma is more common in 20 to 50 years, and it is more common in women than in men Scleroderma**.

    The prognosis is good in patients with localization, and the prognosis is poor in systemic patients with rapid deterioration of the condition once the lungs, heart, and kidneys are affected. Scleroderma belongs to the categories of "muscle paralysis" and "skin paralysis" in traditional Chinese medicine.

  14. Anonymous users2024-01-25

    Hello Problem Analysis: What is scleroderma.

    Guidance: Scleroderma is an autoimmune disease with fibrosis and blood vessels and internal organs. The severity of the disease varies widely, with some patients having localized benign skin lesions called scleroderma, and others having extensive skin lesions involving internal organs called diffuse systemic sclerosis

    I wish you good health.

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