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Originally Posted by CRPSbe

**. Only a doctor can make that diagnosis. So having a good physician is key, one who is familiar with the condition so s/he can either diagnose it or rule it out.

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I said what I thought, based on my own experience and my history of loooking at hundreds of CRPS pictures. I also asked a question about a procedure which could potentially lead to a clear diagnosis.

Osteopenia looks markedly different from patchy osteoporosis, which is why another X-ray is necessary. http://cdn.intechopen.com/pdfs/29546.pdf


A comment was made about the burning not being present early, this is not true. I had severe burning pain very early on.

I saw multiple medicos who could not diagnose me, despite my having a classic presentation. (You can see my photos, they are posted here) My co-worker suggested that it might be CRPS, based on her experience with a friend who had it. She diagnosed me months before any doctors did!

I strongly suggest that anyone with CRPS buy a heat temp gun. Mine is from Black and Decker. With this you can accurately measure the temp of your limbs for comparison. Take a pix of the results. The degrees of difference in the CRPS limb should assist anyone in making his case. Do not allow doctors to touch to guesstimate temp, their hands are not thermometers. Thermography and CRPS - Treating Complex Regional Pain Syndrome


From RSD Hope, please read the last sentence:

Description - Four Stages of CRPS

Doctors may classify CRPS into different stages. Although now most Doctors use these simply as guidelines since the more that is discovered about CRPS the more they learn that there are no definable timetables for these stages especially with the advent of the new terminology of CRPS TYPES I and II.

For more on the problems with using stages to classify CRPS be sure to read the information that follows

"THE FOUR STAGES OF CRPS" below.

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CRPS Stages or RSD Stages - American RSDHope