Jay Virdee says her life is a daily struggle because of scleroderma Former school teacher ... to walk and sometimes has to use a stick. Chest infections are a regular problem.

Heenan has Scleroderma, an autoimmune disease that overproduces collagen throughout her body, which weakens her lungs. The ...

This condition most often affects women. So ... such as the face, arms, or chest. In addition to skin changes, systemic ...

Scleroderma has no known cure. It's still unknown what causes the condition, which affects about 1 in 2,500 Canadians. Jillian Turner was diagnosed at 13, when she was living in Sandringham, on ...

the site for the Scleroderma Foundation, and articles about scleroderma in women's magazines. This only adds to her confusion and worry.

The pulmonary function and chest roentgenograms were evaluated in 88 patients with the CREST syndrome variant of progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS or scleroderma). Seventy-two percent of the ...