Hi Ada..
I think the inflamitory process causes the small nerve fiber damage as well as other problems..
I don't quite have the whole picture.. but I thin k the inflamitory process is a key iniciating ingredient to the diffrent pain conditions.. to me it makes the most sence and I have read ALOT of articles lately.. keeps me distracted.

thanks for the coments I like it when an artical challenges people as it does me.. they are there for consideration not as a statement of fact.. but I still know that we are closer to figuring RSD out than many because it is our lives that are effected.. I know that my pain decreases alot with my swelling, but I am still left with zing zaps and cramps and deep aches.. I burn after activity too... this is such a complex syndrome but it can have one iniciating event.. inflamation.. and if you've ever read up on that you will know that it too is a very complex process if gone awry and can cause most of the symptoms we get.. as a boomerang effect and for us it's like there is now a channel open for the process to repeat and the nerves get damaged if they are not already.