What is Peripheral Neuropathy? The nerves that connect our central nervous system (brain and spinal cord) to the rest of the body constitute our peripheral nervous system. Peripheral neuropathy means…
In our recent blog post on Scleroderma we briefly mentioned Raynaud’s Disease as one of the symptoms. We described Raynaud’s as characterized by numbness and pain in the fingers and…
The National Scleroderma Awareness month of June reminds us to pay attention to any unusual thickening of the skin, especially on the hands, arms, face and feet. A scleroderma diagnosis…
What is arthritis? Arthritis is a general term for inflammation and swelling of the joints and surrounding tissues, and has multiple causes. While arthritis can affect all age groups, the…