Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Prevention, diagnosis and treatment
CRPS different from other chronic pain conditions by the presence of signs indicating autonomic and inflammatory changes in the area of pain.[4]Otherwise called Sudeck syndrome, it is characterized by pain and swelling of the affected limb, and in the final stage - contractures in the joints. The...
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Kazimierz Wielki University,
2022-02-01T00:00:00Z.
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| Summary: | CRPS different from other chronic pain conditions by the presence of signs indicating autonomic and inflammatory changes in the area of pain.[4]Otherwise called Sudeck syndrome, it is characterized by pain and swelling of the affected limb, and in the final stage - contractures in the joints. The skin becomes dry and trophically changed. If the cause of the symptoms is known, causal treatment is used, if not - the following attempts are made to treat this syndrome.The pathophysiology of CRPS is unknown, so diagnostic tests are used to rule out a pathology other thanComplex Regional PainSyndrome.The average age of onset is 42 years. Statistically, women suffer from the disease three times more often than men. [7] |
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