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Scleroderma
Rheumatology · Autoimmune & Rheumatic
Severe
Severity
Rare — affects about 50-300 per million people
Prevalence
No
Contagious
Rheumatology
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🔬Causes & Risk Factors
- 1Caused by an autoimmune process that triggers overproduction of collagen
- 2though the exact trigger remains unknown. Genetic susceptibility combined with environmental exposures such as certain chemicals or silica dust is thought to play a role
- 3and abnormal blood vessel function contributes to symptoms like Raynaud's phenomenon.
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