Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Introduction: Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Description of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (medical condition): A condition characterized by pain and reduced range of motion in the shoulder and hand of the affected arm.

See also:

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome:
  »Introduction: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
  »Symptoms of Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
  »Causes of Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
  »Tests for Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
  »Treatments for Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Related Topics

These medical condition or symptom topics may be relevant to medical information for Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS):

• Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome
• Pain Syndrome
• Regional
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• CRPS

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) as a Disease

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Another name for Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (or close medical condition association).
  »Introduction: Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
  »Symptoms of Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
  »Causes of Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome
  »Treatments for Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Related Diseases

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is listed as a type of (or associated with) the following medical conditions in our database:

• Blood vessel conditions
• Pain
• Chronic Pain
• Skin conditions

Causes of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Some of the causes of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) are included in the list below:

• Head injury
• Stroke
• Polio
• Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis
• Myocardial infarction

See full list of 11 causes of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome)

Symptoms of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome)

Some of the symptoms of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) incude:

• Shiny skin
• Burning pain
• Temperature hypersensitivity
• Severe burning pain
• Bone changes

See full list of 28 symptoms of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome)

Treatments for Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome)

Treatments for Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome) include:

• TENS (transcutaneous electrical stimulation)
• Surgical sympathectomy
• Chemical sympathectomy
• Therapies used include psychotherapy, physical therapy, and drug treatment, such as topical analgesics, narcotics, corticosteroids, antidepressants and anti-seizure drugs

Read more about treatments for Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Treatment of Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): For more treatment information about Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS), see treatment of Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS))

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Article Excerpts about Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome

NINDS Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Information Page: NINDS (Excerpt)

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) 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. (Source: excerpt from NINDS Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome Information Page: NINDS)

Pain - Hope Through Research: NINDS (Excerpt)

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome , or RSDS, is accompanied by burning pain and hypersensitivity to temperature. Often triggered by trauma or nerve damage, RSDS causes the skin of the affected area to become characteristically shiny. In recent years, RSDS has come to be called complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS); in the past it was often called causalgia. (Source: excerpt from Pain - Hope Through Research: NINDS)

Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS): Related Disease Topics

These medical disease topics may be related to Chronic Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS):

• complex regional pain syndrome type I
• CRPS-I
• sympathetically mediated pain syndrome
• SMPS
• causalgia
• algodystrophy
• algodynia
• Sudek's atrophy
• Sudek atrophy
• shoulder-hand syndrome
• RSD

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