Info on what this awful, excruciating, disabling disease is. It is one of the most painful conditions, with a higher than normal rate of suicide.
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) (FKA reflex sympathetic dystrophy)
Complex regional pain syndrome is a broad term that covers long-lasting pain and inflammation that can happen after an injury or a medical event, such as surgery, trauma, stroke, or heart attack.
Although complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can occur anywhere in the body, it usually affects a person’s arm, leg, hand, or foot.
CRPS is usually triggered by trauma or injury to the affected limb or other body part.
People living with CRPS have pain that is much greater than normal, even without a visible injury.
Other symptoms include changes in skin color, temperature, and/or swelling on the arm or leg below the injury site.
CRPS symptoms may also change over time including the type of pain, skin color, and temperature changes.
https://www.ninds.nih.gov/health-information/disorders/complex-regional-pain-syndrome
