What is Scleroderma?
The disease of scleroderma is a hardening of the skin. It is a painful disease that is also known as systemic sclerosis, and the skin becomes very tight causing severe pain for the sufferers. This condition can affect other organs, the digestive system and even spread to the blood vessels of the body.
How Does Systemic Sclerosis Affect the Body?
Systemic sclerosis or scleroderma can wreck-havoc with a person’s body, because it is a serious connective tissue and autoimmune disease that breaks down the body in a negative way. It can harden the skin, deteriorate organs and cause multiple organs to shut down in people suffering with this disease.
Other problems with scleroderma are that it can also cause serious injury to the body, including:
- Chronic vascular injuries
- Endothelial activation
- Immune activation
- Fibroblast activation
- Related fibrogenesis
- Release of immune inflammatory cells
Toxins at Camp Lejeune May Cause Scleroderma
If you have been diagnosed with scleroderma based on toxins you ingested at Camp Lejeune, you need to call us right now to discuss your case.
Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune, in Jacksonville, North Carolina
- Trichloroethylene (TCE)
- Tetrachloroethylene (PCE)
- Vinyl chloride (VC) and benzene
The Camp Lejeune Justice Act allows anyone who lived or worked at the base from August 1, 1953, to December 31, 1987, for at least 30 days, exposed to the contaminated water and suffered injuries, to file a claim against the U.S. government.
What Are Some Treatments That May Apply to Symptoms of Scleroderma?
Because scleroderma is a complex disease, there will be some treatments that work and others that should work but do not work, based on each individual person’s chemical bodily makeup. But there are many therapeutic agents that might work, and the healthcare profession is working hard to help find therapies and drugs that might benefit people suffering with scleroderma right now.
Therapies that might help a person who is diagnosed with scleroderma include:
- MMF
- CYC
- HSCT
- Calcium channel blockers
- Fluoxetine
- Sildenafil
- Tadalafil
- Iloprost
- Bosentan
- Ambrisentan
- Tocilzumab
- Nintedanib
- Selexipag
- ACE inhibitors
- Anti-arrhythmic agents
- Immunosuppressive therapies
This list is not exhausted, and there are a plethora of different drug therapies that might be utilized for individuals, who are diagnosed with scleroderma right now from exposure to toxins from Camp Lejeune.
How Many Organs and Bodily Functions Does Scleroderma Affect?
The reason that scleroderma is such a debilitating disease, is because it is a chronic multisystem autoimmune disorder. It links too much of fibrosis that forms on the skin to affect the other parts of the body, such as the:
- Internal organs
- Peripheral vascular body areas
- Skin
- Joints
- Causes digital ulcers
- Lungs
- Kidneys
- Connective tissues
- Causes fibroproliferative vascular injuries of the small arteries
The disease of scleroderma that you received from living and working at Camp Lejeune will affect you for the rest of your life. For this reason, you need to call us to discuss your case. You can call us immediately when you get your diagnosis for scleroderma if you have lived and worked at Camp Lejeune. Call now to speak to a lawyer on our team, with experience in personal injuries from toxic poisoning at Camp Lejeune. You will want an experienced attorney who knows how to settle these types of personal injury cases, and can win with the big insurance companies. We are here for you if you want to call us today.
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Can I Sue for a Case of Scleroderma from Living and Working at Camp Lejeune?
Yes, we can sue for a case of scleroderma that you received from living and working at Camp Lejeune. We can assist you to initiate a lawsuit on the merits of your claim for a diagnosis of scleroderma from living at Camp Lejeune.
You just need to talk to our Los Angeles case lawyers to work with you, to file a lawsuit on your behalf in this case. We will go over you claim with you when you call our case attorneys in Los Angeles at the Normandie Law Firm today.
Average Case Value of Scleroderma Personal Injuries from Camp Lejeune?
The average case value of settling a case for scleroderma may be in the $250,000 range to settle. Scleroderma is a disabling disease that is incurable at this time, and the person diagnosed with this disease will have it for the rest of that individual’s life.
How Long Does It Take to Settle and to Get Paid on These Cases?
These cases related to scleroderma from living and working at Camp Lejeune will settle within around 6-9 months or so. Each case is different, but it should be able to settle within this timeframe.
Statute Of Limitations – How Long Do I Have to File a Lawsuit?
We are ready to help you be informed of the applicable statute of limitations in California for personal injury lawsuit filing, which is two years. You can call us today to discuss your case of scleroderma from Camp Lejeune, and we will review your claim with you to answer any questions that you might have about your case.
Call for a Free Consultation
You are in the best position right now, to give us a call. We are ready to advocate for you if you have a case of getting scleroderma because of living at Camp Lejeune. You can call us now for a free consultation on your case, and we will answer any questions that you might have regarding your claim.
References
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Campochiaro, C., & Allanore, Y. (2021). An update on targeted therapies in systemic sclerosis based on a systematic review from the last 3 years. Arthritis Research & Therapy, 23(1), 155. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-021-02536-5.
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