{"id":499,"date":"2013-05-18T17:40:10","date_gmt":"2013-05-19T00:40:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/Glossary\/?p=499"},"modified":"2013-05-23T21:35:17","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T04:35:17","slug":"complex-regional-pain-syndrome","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/herbalpedia.info\/Glossary\/?p=499","title":{"rendered":"Complex Regional Pain Syndrome"},"content":{"rendered":"

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome<\/span><\/h2>\n

According to Wikipedia:<\/span><\/h4>\n

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is a multidisciplinary syndrome, which often initially affects an arm or a leg and often spreads throughout the body.<\/p>\n

Recent evidence has led to the conclusion that Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a multifactorial disorder with clinical features of neurogenic inflammation<\/a>, nociceptive sensitisation (which causes extreme sensitivity or allodynia<\/a>), vasomotor<\/a> dysfunction, and maladaptive neuroplasticity<\/a>, generated by an aberrant response to tissue injury.[3]<\/a><\/sup> Treatment is complicated, involving drugs, physical therapy, psychologic treatments and neuromodulation<\/a> and usually unsatisfactory, especially if begun late.<\/p>\n

Type I was formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy<\/strong> (RSD), Sudeck’s atrophy, reflex neurovascular dystrophy<\/a> (RND), or algoneurodystrophy, does not have demonstrable nerve lesions. With the vast majority of patients diagnosed with CRPS being of this type, most of the literature thus refers to type I.<\/p>\n

Type II, formerly known as causalgia<\/strong>, has evidence of obvious nerve damage.<\/p>\n

Symptoms:<\/span><\/h4>\n

These stages may not be time-constrained, and could possibly be event-related, such as ground-level falls or re-injuries in previous areas. It is important to remember that often the sympathetic nervous system<\/a>[46]<\/a><\/sup> is involved with CRPS, and the autonomic nervous system can go haywire…<\/p>\n

Stage One <\/span><\/strong>: severe, burning pain<\/p>\n

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    1. Muscle spasm,<\/li>\n
    2. joint stiffness,<\/li>\n
    3. restricted mobility,
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    4. rapid hair<\/a> and nail<\/a> growth<\/strong>, and<\/li>\n
    5. vasospasm (blood vessel spasms).<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/ol>\n

      The vasospasm is that which causes the changes in the color and temperature of the skin. Some may experience hyperhydrosis (increased sweating). In mild cases this stage lasts a few weeks, in which it can subside spontaneously or respond rapidly to treatment (physical therapy, pain specialist)<\/p>\n

      Stage Two<\/span> <\/strong>: more intense pain.<\/p>\n