Hello, I'm new here. I've has RSD for 3 years and 9 months. It started in my hand and has spread to my legs. I can walk short distances but usually my knees start hurting so much I have to sit down. I have gotten used to this and know how much I can handle. What is confusing to me is that occasionally,my legs swell from the knee down. It feels like I have on tight knee socks. I don’t know what causes this. I will get a flare-up and it usually calms down in a day or so. This one has lasted four days so far. Yesterday I was sure my legs seemed bigger so I measured them, then measured again this morning. They were ½ inch smaller this morning (I am small so this is significant for me). I have had nerve tests done on them and the results were normal. My skin coloring and mottling is typical of my RSD and looks the same during these episodes. I don’t know if it’s inflammation or fluid retention or? Does anyone else have this happen to them?
Linmarie