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Old 01-09-2014, 11:12 PM
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Hi everyone. I have a couple of questions. I think I have read somewhere that sometimes needles can cause a flare? The reason i ask is that the day after christmas I woke up hurting in more places than usual and with alot more pain than usual and am still feeling that way. I just remembered that I had gotten blood drawn at the dr 2 days before christmas. Even though both arms are bad, my left one has been more so in the last few months and thats the arm they used to draw blood. Even though I am undiagnosed at the moment, I have just about every symptom and have had them for some time. I still have a 3 month wait for my neuro visit.

My next question in about fingernails. I just noticed that all but 2 fingernails have very defined grooves in them. Im not sure about my toenails as I dont think I have the energy to take the polish off. Do alot of you diagnosed with rsd have the grooved nails?

Maybe all of my symptoms dont mean rsd, but something tells me they do.
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Hi Rory!
To answer your questions...1) you can experience spread from a simple needle stick, so I would say it could most certainly cause a flare. 2) brittle or grooved fingernails is one of the signs of RSD. I have a couple of them that have deeper grooves than the others. They are brittle and have recently started growing like crazy!
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