This disease should be 100% treatable if it were taken more seriously early on. I've been told I'm wrong about being able to image nerves by means of sensitive magnets to detect their electrical output but remain entirely unconvinced. Today's superconducting magnets should have plenty of field strenght for this. This would allow for immediate treatment since the body part remains in shock after first aid. Imaging the nerves should be part of first aid and a block or anestetic available for relief.

Even failing a high-tech answer, why do they simply dismiss patients' pain? If a person is still complaining of pain weeks after an injury, why not do a block? This would be better than condemning large numbers of people to a life which often seems like hell on Earth. Such outcomes are not only devastating to the individual but to society and to the families of these people.

It seems most doctors missed the day in med school when they taught about RSD.