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What is Scleroderma?

June 8, 2021 ·

Getting a scleroderma diagnosis can be scary. Learn the facts

“Please don’t google this until we have more information.”

That’s not something I often say to my patients. I usually write out diagnoses and treatments, specifically so patients CAN google and research them. The internet is a wild place but I still stand on the side of more information is better than less. Yet, when it comes to scleroderma, I take a different approach. I want to make sure my patients have 1) the right diagnosis and 2) an appropriate perspective on their diagnosis before engaging with, what can be, the scary world of scleroderma online. Because I also know that a scleroderma diagnosis doesn’t have to be that scary.

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