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Originally Posted by Jimking
What is wild in my opinion is that she picked RSD to fake? A relatively rare condition, one I would think would be hard to fake especially over time and one that most people have never heard of until they come down with it. I pray RSD doesn't become a popular health condition for frauds.
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Agreed. And, even more surprising since it started over 10 years ago. The numbers a few years ago use to claim 1 in 100,000 had RSD I believe.
Think of the statistical probability of 2 neighbors claiming RSD?
Bringing attention to RSD means earlier treatment for more patients, which is a VERY GOOD THING, but there does seem to be such a jump in the claims that it suggests some over diagnosis. Pain is subjective. All nerve pain shouldn't be assumed to be RSD. Even, diabetic neuropathy is commonly being misdiagnosed as RSD.
Doctors seeing only a few patients with a rare disorder can try to keep up with the literature, but most think they're more informed than they really are.
A WC QME made a claim to me he's "cured" all his patients that have had RSD within a short time frame, and acted as if my lengthy experience with RSD is atypical of the syndrome. I think we all know the opposite is true and that remission is sadly rare.
09-12-2011, 02:46 PM
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