Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Prevention, diagnosis and treatment
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https://doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.02.009Keywords
CRPS, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Sudeck SyndromeAbstract
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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