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WHAT IS REFLEX SYMPATHETIC DYSTROPHY/COMPLEX REGIONAL PAIN SYNDROME?RSD/CRPS is a chronic condition characterized by severe burning pain, pathological changes in bone and skin, excessive sweating, tissue swelling, and extreme sensitivity to touch. The syndrome is a nerve disorder that occurs at the site of an injury (most often to the arms or legs). It occurs especially after injuries from high-velocity impacts such as those from bullets or shrapnel. However, it may occur without apparent injury.The condition called causalgia was first documented in the 19th century by physicians concerned about pain that Civil War veterans continued to experience after their wounds had healed. Doctors often called it hot pain, after its primary symptom. Over the years, the syndrome was classified as one of the peripheral neuropathies, and later, as a chronic pain syndrome. Currently, there are two types of CRPS that are differentiated-type I and type II. Both types share the same basic set of symptoms, but have one distinct difference: type I (previously referred to as RSD) describes cases in which there is no nerve injury, while type II (formerly called causalgia) refers to cases in which a distinct nerve injury, for example from a gunshot wound, has occurred.

My Interests

One of my major interests in life right now is doing what I can to make people aware of what RSD/CRPS is. Hopefully, the more people aware of it, maybe we can raise enough donations to one day find cure.Keep your fingers crossed........it hurts to much for me to do it.

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By Tracy Zuckerman Living with chronic pain has taught me that there is another dimension to myself. I have opened my eyes, ears and mind all of my senses have become tuned into my body and how it ...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:53:00 PST

Shhhhhh Im trying to sleep!

By Tracy Zuckerman There are many nights that I toss and turn and am awakened by the chronic pain that creates mayhem with my life. I have complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS, also know as RSD). For...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:52:00 PST

Study Finds Nerve Damage in Previously Mysterious Chronic Pain Syndrome

Public release date: 30-Jan-2006 Contact: Sue [email protected] General Hospital Reduction in small-fiber nerves may underlie complex regional pain syndrome-I ...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:45:00 PST

RSD in Women

Chronic Pain Syndrome Hits Women Harder Jennifer Wider, M.D. Society for Women's Health Research If you've ever been in pain, you know it isn't easy. Sometimes it can place serious obstacles in your p...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Thu, 10 May 2007 05:44:00 PST

RSDSA -----IMPORTANT INFO

This year, RSDSA is seeking to raise $50,000 to finance a Continuing Medical Education program on DVD for physical and occupational therapists that instructs them how to restore function in patients w...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:39:00 PST

GRADED MOTOR IMAGERY CAN RELIEVE PHANTOM AND CRPS PAIN

Fri Jan 12, 2007 5:10 PM ETNEW YORK (Reuters Health) - A therapeutic approach call graded motor imagery reduces the pain and disability in patients with phantom limb pain or complex regional pain synd...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:37:00 PST

What research is being done?

The National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS), a part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), supports and conducts research on the brain and central nervous system. Some stu...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:12:00 PST

What causes RSD/CRPS? & Who gets it?

Again. this is not complete and everyone who suffers from RSD has there own experience with it.What causes RSD/CRPS?RSD/CRPS was originally thought to be the result of malfunctioning nerves of the sym...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:10:00 PST

What are the symptoms of RSD/CRPS?

THIS IS NOT THE ONLY SYMPTOMS OF RSD....EVERYONE SUFFERS ABOUT THE SAME SYMPTOMS, BUT EVERYONE SUFFERS THERE OWN SPECIAL SYMPTOMS ALSO. THIS IS JUST A BASIS OF SYMPTOMS.The symptoms of RSD/CRPS usual...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Sun, 14 Jan 2007 05:06:00 PST

SUPPORT GROUPS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD

HERE IS JUST SUPPORT GROUPS THAT I WAS ABLE TO FIND/Northern California RSD Support Group ? Meetings will be held in the Park Pavilion at ? El Camino Hospital, 2500 Grant Road, Mountain View, CA ...
Posted by RSD-Search for a CURE on Sat, 13 Jan 2007 05:04:00 PST