About 15 years ago, Tim Holt-Wilson noticed a "gradual degeneration" in the warmth of his fingers. The 66-year-old, who lives ...

Episodes of Raynaud's phenomenon, a common feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc, also known as scleroderma), were more severe ...

Scleroderma is a rare disease in which a person's immune system begins to destroy ... This happens because the squeezing motion of the esophagus (peristalsis) does not work as well as it should.

A father of three is using being busy as a weapon in his fight against a rare autoimmune disease that has no cure.

Mr Holt-Wilson has found ways to cope with his conditions and shared his experience for February's Raynaud's Awareness Month. "I hadn't heard of Scleroderma before then, but I think I had heard of ...

Sometimes called Raynaud’s syndrome, the disease can occur on its own or be linked to various underlying conditions, such as lupus or scleroderma. This article describes the types of Raynaud’s ...

Sometimes, the pain is so much, that it reduces Kat Taylor to tears. “It feels like somebody has slammed my hand in the ...

Raynaud’s can also be the first sign of rare but more serious, life-limiting auto-immune condition like scleroderma, which sees the hardening of skin and sometimes, internal organs. Health ...

Botulinum toxin injections in the hand led to significant reductions in pain and disability for patients with Raynaud’s syndrome secondary to scleroderma, according to data published in Clinical ...

A Weston woman who finds walking a challenge is looking to raise awareness of the conditions that have led to her having to ...