Localized scleroderma on the other hand is more common in children and usually confined to a specific region of the body with no internal organ involvement. The juvenile forms of systemic ...

Finally, scleroderma can affect patients very differently ... and no studies of the impact of SSc on patients' children." [2] Studies of other chronic diseases, such as rheumatoid arthritis ...

Scleroderma & Raynauds UK The systemic form of scleroderma causes white calcium lumps to form under the skin Plans to have children and dreams of a future happy family life have been abandoned ...