What are the symptoms of CREST Syndrome?
With CREST syndrome, as with scleroderma, the ends of the fingers tend to swell and thicken. The fingers also may become very pale and tingle or become numb in response to an emotionally upsetting situation or cold temperatures. (This is known as Raynaud’s phenomenon.) As the fingers warm up they tend to become blue. Other symptoms include aches and pains in the joints, heartburn, difficulty swallowing and shortness of breath. Usually these symptoms appear in the later stages of the disease when there is damage of the esophagus, heart and lungs. Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of CREST syndrome but they do not address the root of the problem. Generally, by undergoing comprehensive natural medicine testing, the reasons the body is producing antibodies against itself can be found. Some of these reasons include sensitivities or allergies to foods, inhalants and chemicals and various infections. Discover why we believe that natural medicine treatments are the
