{"id":340,"date":"2019-11-30T14:05:55","date_gmt":"2019-11-30T13:05:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/?page_id=340"},"modified":"2025-04-16T12:51:55","modified_gmt":"2025-04-16T16:51:55","slug":"scleroderma-children","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/information-2\/scleroderma-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Scleroderma in children"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The most common type of scleroderma in children is localized scleroderma. The prevalence is about three cases per 100 000 of population. Systemic sclerosis accounts for only 10% of cases of scleroderma in children.<\/p>\n<p>Localized scleroderma affects only the skin and manifests itself as patches (morphea) or streaks (linear scleroderma), while systemic sclerosis affects the skin and internal organs: the digestive system, kidneys, lungs and heart may be affected. Although much rarer in children, the manifestations of systemic scleroderma are similar to that of adults.<\/p>\n<p>Localized scleroderma usually lasts only a few years whereas SSc can last a lifetime. It is extremely rare that localized scleroderma evolves into systemic sclerosis.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/VF_Fiche_Scleroderma_in_Children.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"color: #007da3;\">Scleroderma in Children&#8230;<\/span> <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><span style=\"color: #007da3;\">Read more<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The most common type of scleroderma in children is localized scleroderma. The prevalence is about three cases per 100 000 of population. Systemic sclerosis accounts for only 10% of cases of scleroderma in children. Localized scleroderma affects only the skin and manifests itself as patches (morphea) or streaks (linear scleroderma), while systemic sclerosis affects the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"parent":109,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"page-information.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-340","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=340"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":29150,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/340\/revisions\/29150"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sclerodermie.ca\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}