Friday, November 12, 2010

Questions for a Possible Scleroderma Patient

http://rustyferguson.com/life/health/lupus/the-finger

1. Do you have any red or purplish marks on your face or fingers
2. Do you get color changes in your feet or fingers with cold or emotion
3. Do you have any hard bumps under the skin that could be subcutaneous calcinosis?
4. Does dry bread or pills linger in your lower esophagus?
5. Do you have episodes of heartburn or gastric reflux?
6. have your fingers swollen any? – any ring size changes?
7. Do you find your arms are falling asleep at night a lot more than they used to?
8. Having problem with constipation?
9. Any chronic cough?
10. Any problem with burning, aching hands and feet? Pricking pains in them? numbness? paresthesias?
11. Tender lower legs?
12. Tendonitis?
13. Burning, aching spine?
14 Aching all over? Pressure points at night?
15. Sleep apnea?
16. Thyroid problems?
17. Dry eyes? Dry mouth?

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