[Jerie]

Hello everyone,
I ran across a couple articles about the spread of CRPS through the blood stream by vasoactive chemicals released into the blood stream.
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/pns/17374/1
www.suite101.com/article.cfm/pns/17374/2
It implies that vasoactive agents occur as result of kallikreins, or by injury thus producing endothelin which is responsible for vasodialation and constriction. Vasoconstriction causes hypoxia of affected tissue the first noticable sign of RSD.

Well my RSD spread body wide from the onset of burning in my limb within one week. This happened about six weeks after my surgery. I had petchia on my lower limb about 2 weeks after surgery. Doctors think I am quacked because I have told them the CRPS is everywhere. I have burning and cold water sensations inn my veins. I had an accute incident of broncioles dialation, I have pulse rate increase and blood pressure fluctuations. My chest gets tight often.

Long story short. My Dr wanted me to do another stress test, a "chemical stress test". The thought of injecting anything into my blood stream again scared me. Then the thought hit me. I had a "chemical stress test" the day before my surgery and a vasoactive agent is what is used in the test. I started looking at the common drugs used in chemical stress test and low and behold, some affect the sympathetic nervous system. These articles imply there may be a cure with the correct drugs if indeed the spread came through a chemical compound through the blood stream.

My question I would like to ask everyone is how many people here with body wide RSD or rapid spreading have had a chemical nuclear stress test done before the spread occured?

I hope I am on to something and already am talking to DR next week about this.

This makes me wonder about vasoactive drugs like blood pressure meds. So simple.

I cannot explain such a rapid spread of CRPS unless by something like through chemicals in the blood stream.

Looking forward to hearing from you. Maybe someone has already gone down this road before me, let me know.

Thanks,
Jerie