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Originally Posted by Abasaki
I am seeing a lot on here lately posts saying that CRPS--Type 2 is worse than Type 1...
Can anyone provide me with a link or links that show this ????
Every thing that I have found shows the symptoms are the same... the only differences are the diadnostic criteria.
From Patient UK:
http://www.patient.co.uk/doctor/Comp...ome-(CRPS).htm- CRPS I - formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), this is pain which develops in the absence of identifiable nerve injury.
- CRPS II - formerly known as causalgia (literally meaning 'hot pain') develops after injury to a major peripheral nerve.
However, the difference may be academic for patients who experience the same pain in both conditions and for whom treatment options are the same.
Similar information also found at:
RSD HOPE
http://www.rsdhope.org/Showpage.asp?...=3&PGCT_ID=545
RSDSA
http://www.rsdsa.org/2/what_is_rsd_crps/index.html
Just looking for clarification information so that I can better understand for myself and be able to have the information in hand to discuss with my doctors....
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Going from straight memory here, but that is my recollection too. Symptoms are the same, just no history of nerve injury with type I. I think I recall reading that CRPS II has a tendancy towards SMP where CRPS I has a tendancy more for SIP.
BTW, for the history buffs, you can can find on Google books an online read of the book that the civil war surgeon who discovered causalgia, can't recall his name, which is very interesting!
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