Scleroderma starts slowly, but its symptoms at the onset can be quite frightening. Patients with severe scleroderma can find themselves with physical changes so pronounced that they suffer both physically and mentally. Scleroderma itself is not fatal, but the complications that come with it, and the psychological toll it takes on the patient, can reduce the quality of their survival and shorten their life span. Scleroderma, also known as systemic sclerosis, is a connective tissue disease characterized by inflammation, degeneration, thickening and fibrosis of the skin leading to sclerosis and atrophy. When this disease develops, the patient’s skin appears taut and shiny in one or more areas of the body in a gruesome pattern. Scleroderma is divided into limited and systemic, with the former generally not spreading and not invading internal organs, while the latter involves more internal organs. When scleroderma is limited to the head and face, it can cause changes in facial morphology and seriously affect the aesthetics. If it occurs in the joints, it may lead to limitation of joint movement due to the deformation of the skin. In general, limited scleroderma is less physically damaging and more psychologically devastating. Systemic scleroderma, on the other hand, can pose a threat to multiple internal organs. Depending on where it occurs, systemic scleroderma can affect multiple organs such as the lungs, heart, stomach, intestines, and kidneys. And once this infestation interferes with the normal functioning of the organs, the long-term accumulation may lead to organ necrosis, or organ failure. All of these conditions may pose a threat to the patient’s life. Scleroderma affects the life expectancy of the patient, depending on the type of the disease developed. Conditions such as panniculitis scleroderma in limited scleroderma and acral scleroderma in systemic scleroderma can shorten a patient’s life expectancy due to the complications they cause. The prognosis of limbic scleroderma is generally considered to be the better of the systemic scleroderma. Although there is no specific drug treatment for scleroderma, it is medically believed that reasonable treatment can still reduce symptoms and have a therapeutic effect. The patient should cooperate after the onset of the disease and actively pursue treatment in order to expect the best treatment results. In terms of daily care, scleroderma patients should refrain from smoking and drinking to avoid further stimulation of the body. If appropriate, you should also pay attention to warmth and moisturizing to protect the skin. Secondly, patients need to pay attention to the regularity of life, to ensure sleep time, the formation of a scientific, regular biological clock. In addition, patients need to adjust their living conditions, to prevent mental stimulation and mental overstimulation, to maintain a pleasant and optimistic mood. The impact of scleroderma on patients is also reflected in the mental level, so patients should take the initiative to make psychological adjustments. Finally, patients need to prevent trauma and pay attention to protecting damaged skin, even if it is smaller trauma, should be given enough attention. This is to avoid the risk of possible complications and to achieve the greatest possible protection for the patient. Scleroderma itself is not life-threatening, but the complications that arise from the onset of scleroderma can be fatal. Therefore, one should not be overly anxious after developing scleroderma, but should actively cooperate with the treatment, protect oneself and beware of complications. In this way, you will be able to face the disease scientifically.