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Systemic Sclerosis
Also Known As: Scleroderma
Condition / disease reference page from the Everyone Healthy database.
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Condition overview
Attributes
Linked signs and symptoms
20Each sign/symptom opens its own page and links back to related conditions.
- Blood Pressure High (Hypertension)
- Breath Shortness (Dyspnoea)
- Breathing Painful or Difficult
- Eye: Inflammation of the Membrane (Uveitis)
- Heart Failure
- Kidney (Renal) Impairment
- Pain in Upper Abdomen (Epigastric Burning)
- Pain Joint (Arthralgia)
- Skin Depigmentation
- Skin Dry
- Skin Hardening
- Skin Hyperpigmentation
- Skin Itching
- Skin Lesions
- Skin Rash
- Skin Redness (Erythema, Rubor)
- Skin Shiny
- Swallowing Difficulty (Dysphagia)
- Weakness
- Wound Healing Delayed
Linked drugs / medications
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Treatments, therapies and supportive options
14Grouped by treatment type. These are educational database links, not personal treatment recommendations. Evidence labels are shown only where stored in the EH database.
Surgery
1Medical therapy
3Lifestyle changes
3Behavioural changes
4Alternative and complementary therapies
1Linked diagnostic tests and investigations
0No linked diagnostic tests are listed yet.
Biological and test markers
0This visual map uses existing EH database links to show biological agents and lab markers reported as increased, decreased, or associated with this condition. These are educational relationships only; test results must be interpreted by a qualified clinician because ranges vary by lab, method, age, sex and clinical context.
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Introduction / full article
Systemic Sclerosis
Systemic Scleroderma
Efficacy of Alternative and Other Treatments According to GRADE* Ranking:
Ultraviolet Blood Irradiation:
Recommendation: Strongly in favor (UV blood irradiation has shown to be effective in the treatment of Systemic Sclerosis)
Grade of Evidence: Moderate quality of evidence
* www.gradeworkinggroup.org