Hi all again.
I believe you can prevent further problems with crps from blood tests etc if you follow the guide lines for trauma or surgery by Professor Reuben in the US. For blood tests or other injections I think that the princilap of stopping the brain feeling pain applies. I think that means that you get them to put on the cream that deadens the area etc before insertion of a needle. There's also heaps of research on Vitamin C for preventing crps from trauma. The recommendation is now 1 gram (1000mg)/ day for 50 days or as long as there is pain. After a blue bottle sting recently I took 500mg twice a day and continue to do so. I treated the sting by using mirror therapy looking at the mirror image of my good leg. Vitamin C was used in research apparently because it is the antioxidant which demolishes free radicles which cause inflamation. CRPS is an inflamatory response I believe. Take care all of you.
jeisea