Scleroderma Associated Myopathy is a muscle disease that Scleroderma patients can develop. Unfortunately, there isn’t very much knowledge about this kind of Myopathy, but the Johns Hopkins Rheumatology Division is working to understand more about this disease. Dr. Julie Paik, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, explains the complicated nature of this disease.
The typical symptoms that present in Scleroderma Associated Myopathy are muscle weakness, muscle fatigue, muscle pain, muscle endurance issues, and shortness of breath because of diaphragmatic weakness and cardio involvement. Dr. Julie Paik, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, explains the symptoms of Scleroderma Associated Myopathy.
Scleroderma Associated Myopathy is a muscle disease that Scleroderma patients can develop. Unfortunately, there isn’t very much knowledge about this kind of Myopathy, but the Johns Hopkins Rheumatology Division is working to understand more about this disease. Dr. Julie Paik, Assistant Professor of Medicine at Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, explains the complicated nature of this disease.
In this fifth and final part of our series on Scleroderma, Johns Hopkins Rheumatologist Dr. Zsuzsanna McMahan discusses living with Scleroderma.
In this fourth video of our series on Scleroderma, Johns Hopkins Rheumatologist Johns Hopkins Rheumatologist Dr. Zsuzsanna McMahan shares how Scleroderma is treated.
Johns Hopkins Rheumatologist Dr. Zsuzsanna McMahan discusses how Scleroderma is diagnosed.
