Sheila1366, all the things you have in your byline can go along with scleroderma. You need to be checked for it, it you haven't....
Okie, I've done a bit more reading on this, and the SCL-70 antibodies are only positive in 20 to 40% of patients known to have scleroderma. The other antibodies associated with scleroderma include:...
P.S. Okie, the anti-nucleolar antibodies are highly suggestive of scleroderma. Those showed up in me at least once also. And my ANA test is highly positive like that also....
Okie, biopsies don't cause cancer! But sometimes biopsies are done when cancer is supected, so of course there are cases when that turns out to be correct. Biopsies can also confirm or rule out other...