| ISN Photo
Repository |
| Systemic
Sclerosis, which is most commonly called scleroderma
(SD), affects everyone differently. Just because something
is listed here does not mean an individual patient will ever
experience it. Also see About
Scleroderma |
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| Photos
of Sclerodactyly in Systemic Scleroderma Patient |
| Photos
of Sclerodactyly in Systemic Scleroderma Patient |
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photos to enlarge.
Property of ISN Photo Repository. Contributed by Sherrill
Knaggs |
| The most classic symptom of systemic
sclerosis (scleroderma) is sclerodactyly.
Initial symptoms include swollen hands, which sometimes progress
to this tapering and claw-like deformity. Not everyone with
scleroderma develops this degree of skin hardening. However,
it is this symptom that has earned scleroderma the nickname
of 'the disease that turns people to stone'. |
| Related Links |
| ISN
Photo Repository: Main Page. ISN. |
| ISN
Photo Repository: Sclerodactyly: Sherrill Knaggs, Palms Up-1. ISN. |
| ISN
Photo Repository: Sclerodactyly: Sherrill Knaggs, Side View-2. ISN. |
| Skin
Involvement. ISN. |
| Scleroderma
and Symptom Photos Wanted for ISN Photo Repository |
| We want photos of scleroderma symptoms
to post on this web site or use in our printed materials to
illustrate symptoms such as Morphea, Linear, Sclerodactyly
(hardened fingers), Raynaud's, Calcinosis, Telangiectasia (etc).
If you have any form of scleroderma or related illnesses and
photos of your symptoms that you'd be willing to donate to
the ISN Photo Repository, please email JPG files to webmaster@sclero.org. International
Scleroderma Network. |
