Scleroderma is one of the chronic progressive connective tissue disease, is a Chinese arthralgia category, skin paralysis (localized scleroderma), wind weakness (systemic scleroderma) points.
Paper paralysis of evil committed skin, prevalent local skin swelling, hardening, shrinking, resulting in wrinkles disappear, perspiration disorder, pigmentation or depigmentation, may have itching sensation, the affected area hypoesthesia.
Wind weakness is evil committed and damage skin and internal organs, muscle and joint pain initially conscious, skin thickening and tightening and showed substantial swelling, skin abnormalities, first seen in the extremities, could later be sent to the whole body, the color purple fingers and toes, especially in cold even; mid gradually harden the skin, wrinkles disappear, hyperpigmentation or depigmentation, hypoesthesia; late skin and muscle atrophy, stiff as leather, ankylosing, functional limitations, deformed fingers and toes, and even then ulcers, thinning facial skin hardens , was a mask-like, difficulty swallowing. If not treated properly, the prognosis is poor.
Pathogenesis external: ferrite Yang, lack of business health, health table is not solid, solid Cou lost in the dense, wind cold dampness evil swoop, cohesion in the meridian, between the muscle Cou or blood, causing disharmony camp guard , blood stagnation, blocking barrier; or evils invasion with meridians and organs, organ dysfunction and disease. Internal: more than a Congenital deficiency or fatigue, excessive sexual intercourse damage essence, fine blood; or due to acquired diet, life recuperating properly, Spleen damage, lack of microscopic blood metaplasia, resulting in skin, bones, joints lose organs to moisten nutrition and disease.
Paper paralysis syndrome should be based on the performance of sub-type skin lesions (staging).
Western medicine is currently still no specific method scleroderma, scleroderma western medicine mainly through hormones and immunosuppressive agents, but the effects are not always ideal and a lot of side effects, but also cause more serious complications; symptomatic treatment of traditional Chinese medicine Chinese medicine therapy is very good, stable ideals.