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Wednesday, November, 11, 2009

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Health Encyclopedia: Scleroderma Symptoms

Symptoms


Raynaud's Phenomenon

Raynaud's phenomenon is often the first sign of the scleroderma disease process. With this condition, small blood vessels narrow in the fingers, toes, ears, and even the nose.

Typically, the fingers go through three color changes:

  • First, they become very pale.
  • As the blood flow is cut off, they turn a bluish color, usually in the top two sections of the second and third fingers.
  • Finally, when blood flow returns, the fingers become red.
  • Tingling and pain may occur in the af...
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Health Guide

Heart Failure: Highlights
...HighlightsHeart Failure TrendsHeart failure has been dramatically increasing over the last several years and currently affects about 5 million Americans. Fortunately, survival has also improved... Read more »
Pneumonia: Prevention
...resistant to a vaccine that worked in the previous year. Vaccines are then redesigned annually to match the current strain.Influenza A. The influenza A virus is further categorized by primary... Read more »
Ear Infections: Causes
...otitis media.Genetic susceptibility to certain bacteria may result in development of persistent and recurrent acute otitis media.Abnormalities in genes that affect the defense systems (cilia and... Read more »
Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: Diagnostic Tests
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Type 1 Diabetes: Monitoring Tests - Checking Glucose (Blood Sugar) Levels
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