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Lupus & Scleroderma

Season 15 Episode 1512 | 27m 19s  | Video has closed captioning.

If you’re tired, depressed and suffer from achy joints you may be suffering from an auto immune disease. We examine 2 of those disorders: lupus and scleroderma. Both affect multiple organs, most commonly blood vessels, and occur more often in women than men. For unknown reasons the immune system, which usually helps ‘keep’ us healthy, turns on us, attacking the body's own tissues.