Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Prevention, diagnosis and treatment

Authors

  • Aleksandra Mazurek Poznań University of Medical Sciences ul. A. Fredry 11, 61-701 Poznań
  • Katarzyna Cyboran Medical Faculty, Institute of Medical Sciences, Collegium Medicum, Oleska Street 48, 45-052 Opole
  • Monika Kuc Medical Faculty, Institute of Medical Sciences, Collegium Medicum, Oleska Street 48, 45-052 Opole
  • Dominik Machaj Faculty of Medicine Medical University of Lublin Chodźki Street 19 20-093 Lublin
  • Damian Machaj Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Wroclaw, Wybrzeże L. Pasteura Street 1, 50-367 Wrocław

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.02.009

Keywords

CRPS, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, Sudeck Syndrome

Abstract

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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2022-02-05

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MAZUREK, Aleksandra, CYBORAN, Katarzyna, KUC, Monika, MACHAJ, Dominik and MACHAJ, Damian. Complex Regional Pain Syndrome - Prevention, diagnosis and treatment . Journal of Education, Health and Sport. Online. 5 February 2022. Vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 84-88. [Accessed 17 May 2025]. DOI 10.12775/JEHS.2022.12.02.009.

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Vol. 12 No. 2 (2022)

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