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Sounding Off on Scleroderma

Scleroderma is a chronic autoimmune disorder that replaces your body’s healthy connective tissue with thick, hard tissue that’s full of extra collagen, a protein that serves as a building block for connective tissue. Connective tissue is fibrous tissue that supports, protects or gives structure to other tissues and organs in the body. Scleroderma is an unpredictable disease. Sometimes, it’s mild […]

Chronic Leg Ulcers: Joan’s Painful Journey to Diagnosis and Relief

Joan Clifford's Struggle with Recurring Open Sores and Atrophie Blanche

During the summer of 2021, a number of open sores appeared on both of Joan Clifford’s legs. By winter, the sores were infected, so Joan visited her primary care physician. “My primary prescribed a couple of rounds of antibiotics, but that didn’t help,” Joan recalls. “She then sent me to a wound care center, where I was treated for four […]


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