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Originally Posted by BostonFern
I went to see 2 doctors, who are familiar with RSD, for what started as right arm pain that has progressed to the shoulder, neck and left arm. Neither think I have RSD. One said it is because RSD usually involves in extremity and skin changes, and my hands are all right.
From what I can understand, I first have with neuropathy on the right arm, which have progressed to frozen shoulder, to the left arm muscle pain, and then to osteoarthritis on neck. My neck X-ray shows extreme narrowing of one pair of neck disc.
My family doctor thinks my new left arm pain is due to the degenerative narrowing of my neck disc.
I'm full of questions at this moment , no doctor is able to explain all my symptoms.
- Is there a non-RSD illness that causes pain to spread to the other part of body?
- Does RSD always involve in extremity such as hand and feet?
- Does RSD always have skin changes?
I went to eHealthme.com to look at the symptoms of RSD patients. Many of them have partial seizures, which I seem to have from time to time. Many of them also have osteoarthritis too.
- Does RSD cause partial seizure?
- Does RSD cause osteoarthritis?
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My RSD STARTED WITH A TENNIS ELBOW OPERATION 12 yrs ago. My Rt hand blew up to 3 times it's size &turned purple & shiny. I couldn't even stand to have air blow across it because of the pain! I had at leas a doz. nerve blocks but finally had to go downtown to Rush Hospital. & spend a week with a needle in my back to finally bring my hand under undseizer cinder control. It did, however spread up my arm - past my shoulder. I have tubes in both ears, have problems losing my speech & my eye doc said that he's never seen such a change in such a short time. I can't be fitted witted with glasses because I get too dizzy to go through the test! RSD has also gone down my Rt leg (my whole Rt side).
I also broke my Lt. wrist so my Lt hand is involved also. There is a lot of nerve pain &terrible coldness - I never get warm & never sweat! So I truly wait for summer (I live in In.) but have to rely on my fam. So I don't get sunstroke because I love the warmth & would stay in 100% all day if I could! I also sleep a lot & my brain misfires & I need to have about 12 Botox shots in the back of my neck every 91 days so i can walk correctly & see without too much double vision.
I can't say that I've ever had any seizures . I do have a tendency to fall a lot towards the Rt & the back. (Gets me into problematic situations.) LoL. Did break my neck like that once! Most Of the time my Prince of a husband catches or holds onto me before I go down. Yea! Best of luck to You my Friend, Judy Vollbrecht