I should have certainly added that this syndrome is, in most cases, linked back to a minor to moderate injury. This is usually an injury that occurs from weeks, to even a few years before the onset of CRPS symptoms. In my case it was likely the two toes that i fractured several months before this horrid disease hit me like a ton of bricks (on nov. 16th, 2015). This moving-target, whack-a-mole-pain-game, nightmare-like pain syndrome will not kill you. but it does make you pay quite dearly for every day you decide to stay. the pain levels can be about the most extreme imaginable during flare ups. and it essentially robs you of any comfort or semblance of a life. it is very unfortunate that the most opportune time to treat this disease effectively is in the first six months. it is rarely diagnosed properly in that time frame, and after that it is highly unlikely to reverse the symptoms. it is considered incurable. symptoms include swelling, skin discoloration, vascular distress, joint pain, temperature abnormalities, sleep deprivation, almost unbelievable tenderness and sensitivity (allodynia), and nerve pain FROM HELL. i like to call it "the devils disease". the common nickname is "the suicide disease". i find it too much of a downer myself. it causes depression, suicidal tendencies, and ONGOING trauma and stress disorder, in nearly every patient (who is lucky enough to win the disease lottery).
I should have certainly added that this syndrome is, in most cases, linked back to a minor to moderate injury. This is usually an injury that occurs from weeks, to even a few years before the onset of CRPS symptoms. In my case it was likely the two toes that i fractured several months before this horrid disease hit me like a ton of bricks (on nov. 16th, 2015). This moving-target, whack-a-mole-pain-game, nightmare-like pain syndrome will not kill you. but it does make you pay quite dearly for every day you decide to stay. the pain levels can be about the most extreme imaginable during flare ups. and it essentially robs you of any comfort or semblance of a life. it is very unfortunate that the most opportune time to treat this disease effectively is in the first six months. it is rarely diagnosed properly in that time frame, and after that it is highly unlikely to reverse the symptoms. it is considered incurable. symptoms include swelling, skin discoloration, vascular distress, joint pain, temperature abnormalities, sleep deprivation, almost unbelievable tenderness and sensitivity (allodynia), and nerve pain FROM HELL. i like to call it "the devils disease". the common nickname is "the suicide disease". i find it too much of a downer myself. it causes depression, suicidal tendencies, and ONGOING trauma and stress disorder, in nearly every patient (who is lucky enough to win the disease lottery).
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