SAN DIEGO - Extracorporeal shock-wave therapy at low energy levels showed promise as a new treatment for digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, according to new research ...

Extracorporeal shock-wave therapy at low energy levels showed promise as a new treatment for digital ulcers in patients with systemic sclerosis, or scleroderma, according to new research findings ...

Bosentan is not yet approved for treatment of finger ulcers in scleroderma. To date, one clinical trial, the Randomized Placebo-controlled Investigation of Digital ulcers in Scleroderma (RAPIDS-1), [6 ...

Patients with systemic sclerosis who demonstrate digital ulcers use “significantly more” health care resources annually than patients without digital ulcers, according to data published in Arthritis ...

MAUI, Hawaii — Given that a number of clinical factors, such as digital ulcers or pulmonary arterial hypertension, occur in about 15% of patients with scleroderma, a presenter at the 2020 Rheumatology ...

In a majority of scleroderma patients, progressive systemic sclerosis (PSS) and cold-induced skin color changes (or RP) typically include blanching followed by cyanosis and then reactive hyperemia.

Sclerodactyly is a tightening and thickening of the skin of the fingers as a result of systemic scleroderma. It can cause the fingers to curl inward and the hands to form a clawed shape. Share on ...