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Limited Scleroderma or CREST Syndrome: What helps?
Autoimmune Diseases | Last Active: Jul 25 9:13am | Replies (80)Comment receiving replies
Hello @shasmith -- Welcome to Mayo Clinic Connect. I'm sorry you haven't been able to find any doctor or treatments that help with your symptoms and Reynauds disease. I wasn't aware that CREST syndrome is an acronym for all the different clinical symptoms seen in a patient with the condition. The National Institute of Health Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center has some information that describes some of the treatments here:
https://rarediseases.info.nih.gov/diseases/12430/crest-syndrome
There is a Video Q&A about Scleroderma available that might be helpful to view and read the comments here:
-- https://connect.mayoclinic.org/webinar/video-qa-about-scleroderma/
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@shasmith are you able to prioritize your symptom that is most bothersome?
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My Doctor put me on nifedipine, it seems to improve my system
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Thank you! I’ll read these! Much appreciated! If I had to prioritize in order of most painful to least at this point,
1- severe heartburn, reflux
2- pain and cramping in fingers and toes (my digit joints are actually starting to turn, and their really tight)
3- extremely dry skin
4- Reynauds mostly in my hands, is very painful (I use a boatload of handwarmers)
5- rapid heart rate (annoying not painful)
I have hard little bumps under my skin around my ankles; busted veins and capillaries on forehead lips and back; dry eyes, especially the left). I actually asked the doctor that diagnosed it, “what is CREST?” He said he really didn’t know. I’ll keep on looking.