World Scleroderma Day to raise awareness about rare disease

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Research for scleroderma is not big and the treatments can be very expensive. World Scleroderma Day is represented with a sunflower (Image by Vishwas Krishna on Flickr).

Scleroderma is a very rare condition that affects 5000 Australians and is usually misdiagnosed with other diseases. Some times, doctors are unaware of scleroderma. World Scleroderma Day is on the 29 June to raise awareness about this condition, and a wide of activities are planned across Australia.

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