Is Scleroderma hereditary?

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Scleroderma is not to my knowledge hereditary!

Posted Mar 30, 2018 by Amy 2600

I do not know if Scleroderma is heriditary. However, my late maternal aunt was incorrectly diagnosed with lupus (as I was) but I don't know what she actually had. I wonder, at times, if she had Scleroderma.

Posted Nov 21, 2018 by Juanita 1900

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There are hereditary factors as there are families with more than one affected member, but they have to be combined other factors to develop the disease.

Posted May 18, 2017 by Montse 1151

Is Scleroderma hereditary?

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In 1996 I was diagnosed with Systemic Diffuse Scleroderma. I had never heard of it, couldn't spell or pronounce it. Fast forward 20 years and I can say that Scleroderma has been a blessing in my life, not a curse. In 1996 I almost immediately was ho...

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Hello, my name is Claire. I was diagnosed with extensive Localized Cutaneous Scleroderma in December of 2012 at the age of 4.5 years.

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It took me several years before I got diagnosed. I even had one doctor tell me that it was all in my head. For years I always had an excuse for why feeling the way that I was, stress or taking on to much. Then finally I saw the correct doctor and g...

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I was dianosed in the late 1950s with En Coup De Sabre Localized Scleroderma when I was around 5-7 years old.

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