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Scleroderma - Symptoms

Medically Reviewed by Dr. Sunil Shroff, MBBS, MS, FRCS (UK), D. Urol (Lond) on Jan 13, 2020


Symptoms

Scleroderma affects different body parts such as the skin, bones, muscles, eyes, kidneys, respiratory system and the digestive tract. Symptoms largely depend on the type of scleroderma.

Some of the most common symptoms are detailed below-

Skin symptoms


Bone/Muscle symptoms

Eyes

Kidney symptoms

Systemic forms of sclerosis can cause renal crisis.

In some cases renal crisis can lead to heart failure.

Digestive tract symptoms

Respiratory system symptoms

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