What is Scleroderma?(Part 2) Our discussion now will focus on the Treatment of Scleroderma. There is no one treatment for scleroderma. One of the challenges to scleroderma is it affects many parts of the body, so it is like having multiple diseases that each require a unique treatment plan. Your doctor will assess how scleroderma affects your body including the skin, lungs, kidneys, heart, and gastrointestinal tract. Then you, your scleroderma specialist, and doctors from other specialties with expertise in scleroderma will develop a customized treatment plan to control each of your symptoms and prevent further damage from scleroderma. Some of the problems that your team of doctors will help to treat may include: Interstitial Lung Disease, Pulmonary Hypertension, Skin Thickening, GERD and esophageal dysmotility, Intestinal dysmotility and bowel obstruction, Raynaud’s Phenomenon, especially with digital ulcers are present, Arthritis (Joint inflammation), Myositis (Muscle inflammation), Scleroderma Renal Crisis, Pain and fatigue
