New research presented this week at ACR Convergence 2022, the American College of Rheumatology's annual meeting, found no clear association between immunosuppressive or anti-fibrotic medications and ...

Scleroderma is a rare disease in which a person's immune system begins to destroy normal, healthy tissues. (This is called an autoimmune disease.) As a result, connective tissue of the skin, lungs, ...

Like many autoimmune diseases, systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, can be a challenge to diagnose because its symptoms are varied, can range from mild to debilitating, and often resemble those of ...

When Dee Burlile was diagnosed with scleroderma in 2016, she didn’t know what it was or how to treat it. She quickly found out that she wasn’t alone. Scleroderma is a rare autoimmune condition that ...

Normally, your immune system fights off disease and protects your body from infection. However, when you have an autoimmune disease, your immune system mistakenly attacks healthy cells, tissues and ...

Farmington resident Sheri Hicks was a new mom living in Tucson, Ariz., when her life course changed dramatically. That painful, cracked skin on her fingertips wasn't due to overworked hands, but ...