(Thanks HwRSD.) I know I'm repeating myself, but intentionally so - with regard to the criteria for RSD diagnosis, the Dutch have just published their Guidelines for diagnosis and treatment of RSD.

The Dutch say 4 out of 5 clinical signs should be present; read the Guidelines, they make so much sense, and the recommendations for treatment make very interesting treatment.

I've given the link in my thread "the Dutch are streets ahead..", here it is again:
http://pdver.atcomputing.nl/english.html
This has been compiles after 15 years of research in Holland and is quite simply invaluable to anyone with RSD. I hope other doctors worldwide will adopt these Guidelines. You have to download the PDFs - they are very clear, very well-written.

Background to the development of the guidelines can be found at:
http://www.rsdcanada.org/parc/englis...anderlaan.html
"A huge committee of doctors, researchers and experts in Holland worked tirelessly for 5 years to write the standard treatment protocols for treating CRPS in Holland...."

Any doctor in the UK or US will take the Guidelines seriously because it's all based on clinical research, and the PDF for Physicians has been written by very highly respected doctors, for doctors, so it's all in medspeak, the one for Patients is written in normalspeak - so give the PDFs to your doc.....

I feel it's of such vital importance that I've added it to the stickies as well, so the info is easily available to everyone.

All the best!