Blue Skin Disease
Health Encyclopedia: Scleroderma Introduction
Introduction
The name scleroderma comes from the Greek words skleros, which means hard, and derma, which means skin. The disease is categorized as a rheumatologic disorder because it affects the connective tissues in the body. Scleroderma is a rare disease marked by the following:
- Damage to the cells lining the walls of small arteries
- An abnormal build-up of tough scar-like tissue in the skin
Patients with scleroderma may develop either a localized or a systemic (body-wide) form of the disease.
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