CURLY TOP:

Curly Top, for some reason I couldn't answer directly to your post. Anyway, hope you get this message. RSD is a disorder of the sympathetic nervous system. It is an autonomic condition. Look up on the internet : sympathetic nerous system, parasympathetic nervous system. vegas nerve, autonomic nervous system. It will explain how those of us with rsd have no control over our body temperature, hot or cold, our heart rate, fast or slow, our blood pressure, high or low. why we pass out from low blood pressue, why we go from hot to cold. etc. It is a very difficult disorder for drs to understand. That's why usually it is a neurologist that is able to diagnose it or some orthopedic drs. as usually we get this disorder after an accident/injury or surgery. If you go on the internet and just type in sympathetic nervous system, parasympathetic nervous sytstem, vegas nerve, autnomic, etc. it will make sense to you. It is a neurlogicial condition. We have high inflammation like diabetes, rheumatoid arthritis etc. I believe it is understood to be a disorder like other autoimmune disorders. Others, please correct me if otherwise. Happy for you to find this site, I have benefited since 2007 and then went thru some personal crisis for 2 years and checked out and this is my first day back. You will find comfort and lots of support here. Happy you found this site. Let us know how you are doing. we care. your friend, loretta