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Skin symptoms

Skin symptoms are a big part of scleroderma and can affect the way you look or feel about yourself. Learn what others have found to relieve their symptoms.

Managing symptoms

Scleroderma can affect your quality of life, but there are ways to manage. Learn to cope with various symptoms, and what self-management techniques you can use.

Making the most of your appointment

On this page you can find a body map, a list of questions and a planner that you can take to your medical appointments with your scleroderma specialist team.

Skin thickness test

Skin thickness test helps your doctor understand the progression of your skin fibrosing. Check on our body scheme how your skin symptoms can be evaluated.

Specialist team

Read why it's crucial for a SSc patient to follow up with the different specialists and which doctors and nurses you may see, depending on your symptoms.

Skin examination

Hardening and tightening of skin is one of the most common scleroderma symptom. Get familiar with different SSc skin manifestation and how to test them.

Setting personal goals

By setting new goals after systemic sclerosis diagnosis, you can help yourself gain a feeling of control and get moving toward what matters most to you.

Blood pressure test

See a quick guide on how important is to monitor your blood pressure, as well as useful information about tests and risk factors for systemic sclerosis.

Adjusting to your diagnosis

We’re here to help you understand the diagnosis and deliver the facts to manage the symptoms, so you can continue doing the things that are important to you.

Nail blood vessel test

Get to know how examining your small blood vessels in your fingers during nailfold capillaroscopy procedure can help with identifying systemic sclerosis.