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Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy

Background

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy: Complex Regional Pain syndrome

Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) is a chronic pain condition that is often localised to one area of the body. Somewhat confusingly it is also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) and, more generally, as Localised Pain Syndrome (LIPs).

Pain sensitivity varies substantially among humans. A significant part of the human population develops chronic pain conditions that are characterized by heightened pain sensitivity.

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Medical text written July 2007 by Dr Jacqui Clinch, Consultant paediatric rheumatology and adolescent chronic pain, Bristol Children’s Hospital/ Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, UK

 

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