Two brothers married to two women that has been diagnois with Scleroderma. Not until these two women were diagnois with scleroderma did my two brothers developed Lupus and Pulomonary Artery Hypertension, thus causing one to be on dialysis 3X week? How a

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	How is scleroderma and lupus connected? Can one catch scleroderma from another? Is the disease transferrable? Is there a cure? Doses Dr. Ming's TCM Medical Center have the cure and treatment. Dr Ming's Hospital is located in China. Two of borther's wives has wife scleroderma. Each borther have all od sudden strange illnesses that wer never presnt until these women were both diagnois with scleroderma. Than there after one is diagnois w/lupus and the othe brother has pulomonary artery hypertension thus affecting his kodney and is now on dialyis. Do any of these symtoms connect with each other?
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	Answer by Dr Noopur S, MD (doctor) on Fri 08, Aug 2008 04:15am: Hi, How are you? No these are two diseases are not connected with each other and cannot be transmitted from one person to another. It has been a strange coincidence that’s all. Scleroderma is a chronic disease which occurs due to deposit of excess collagen in the skin and internal organs. Lupus on the other hand is an autoimmune disease, in which antibodies are formed against body’s own cells. It mainly affects the heart, lungs, kidneys and skin. Some of the causative factors that have been identified are stress, viral infections, and genetic factors. Hope this helps!
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