treatment Four lines of treatment: from prednisone to methotrexate
Glucocorticoids are first-line, but rarely the only one. A practical overview of M35.4 treatment regimens from the perspective of a patient who has gone through all four lines.
i A site about a rare autoimmune disease
A small disease.
A vast library.
Eosinophilic fasciitis — listed in ICD-10 as M35.4 — is rare enough that most doctors will encounter it once in their career. We gather everything we know here. In plain language, ad-free.
/ facts
/ where to begin
Enter your own way.
The content is the same for everyone, but each reader is looking for something different. Pick who you are — we will show the most helpful order.
/ path 01
↗ For the newly diagnosed patient
What that code on your chart actually means. What changes from today. What to expect in the first months.
/ path 02
↗ For the patient living with the disease
Daily life, meds, diet, rehabilitation, work, relationships. Everything beyond the doctor's office.
/ path 03
↗ For the primary-care physician
A concise overview of diagnostics, lab data, biopsy descriptions, differential criteria.
/ path 04
↗ For the researcher or institution
Epidemiology, list of publications, contact for research collaboration.
/ recently added
New content in the library.
Every article contains photos, charts, and information that are useful in the fight against M35.4.
treatment 
diagnostics Fascial biopsy — what to expect
Step by step, from the referral, through the procedure, to receiving the result.
daily life Morning stiffness: why, how long, what helps
Most patients describe the same thing. We explain what is happening to the tissue.
/ for whom
Three audiences, one site.
The site serves patients first. It is designed so that a doctor or researcher can also read it.
I.
Patients
Freshly diagnosed, under treatment, in remission. Every text is written in a language you can use with your family.
Living with the disease →II.
Doctors
A digest for the GP who meets M35.4 once in a career. What to notice, where to refer, what tests to order.
Clinical section →III.
Institutions
Research collaboration, publications, contact with treating centers. We invite you to co-build this knowledge base.
Research and contact → / why this site
Because everything you are looking for should be in one place.
Most information about M35.4 consists of dry encyclopedic entries scattered across the Internet. On the other hand, the most useful ones, like scientific studies, are often not understandable enough for the average patient.
This site is meant to be the opposite – we are entirely dedicated to one disease. We translate complex articles into plain language. We analyze what might have been overlooked by others. And on top of that – you can take part in all this too. No ads, no cookies, no subscriptions.
/ author — patient with M35.4, junior dev, editor of this site