What is Complex Regional Pain Syndrome? | Indiana Lawyer Explains
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I'm Indiana personal injury attorney David Holub.
In this video, we discuss Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or CRPS. Trying a case where your client has been injured and developed complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can be daunting. What exactly is "complex regional pain syndrome" (CRPS)? And, of equal importance, what causes it?
CRPS is a nerve disorder and chronic pain affecting an arm or a leg. CRPS used to be called RSD (meaning Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy). What causes CRPS to develop is not well known.
CRPS typically develops after an injury or surgery. The pain is out of proportion to the severity of the initial injury. Doctors have explained it to us as the nerves of an arm or leg becoming hypersensitized following an injury. The hypersensitized nerves are unable to go back to their pre-injury state.
Symptoms may change over time but typically involve pain, swelling, redness, and noticeable changes in temperature and hypersensitivity. The affected limb can become cold and pale, undergo skin and nail changes, and muscle spasms. Once these changes occur, the condition is often irreversible. In some people, signs and symptoms of CRPS go away. In other cases, they persist for months or years.
One client we helped suffered a pinched nerve in the neck. The nerve caused CRPS to develop in the arm that the nerve flowed into.
Another client had a cast put on her wrist. The cast was too tight due to swelling, and the swelling crushed and pinched the nerves. The nerves were still inflamed years after the removal of the cast.
There often are no precise treatments for the condition. But one intriguing therapy in Europe is promising. They put the patient under general anesthesia to undergo surgery, except more profound to the point of near death. The anesthesia essentially shuts down the patient's entire nervous system. Then the patient is revived. In many cases, the CRPS symptoms entirely disappear. Almost like shutting down and rebooting a computer.
To learn more about the Law Offices Of David W Holub visit https://davidholublaw.com today.
To read David Holub's book "Fighting For Truth: A Trial Lawyer's Insight Into What It Takes To Win" visit https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1732468206/
I'm Indiana personal injury attorney David Holub.
In this video, we discuss Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or CRPS. Trying a case where your client has been injured and developed complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) can be daunting. What exactly is "complex regional pain syndrome" (CRPS)? And, of equal importance, what causes it?
CRPS is a nerve disorder and chronic pain affecting an arm or a leg. CRPS used to be called RSD (meaning Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy). What causes CRPS to develop is not well known.
CRPS typically develops after an injury or surgery. The pain is out of proportion to the severity of the initial injury. Doctors have explained it to us as the nerves of an arm or leg becoming hypersensitized following an injury. The hypersensitized nerves are unable to go back to their pre-injury state.
Symptoms may change over time but typically involve pain, swelling, redness, and noticeable changes in temperature and hypersensitivity. The affected limb can become cold and pale, undergo skin and nail changes, and muscle spasms. Once these changes occur, the condition is often irreversible. In some people, signs and symptoms of CRPS go away. In other cases, they persist for months or years.
One client we helped suffered a pinched nerve in the neck. The nerve caused CRPS to develop in the arm that the nerve flowed into.
Another client had a cast put on her wrist. The cast was too tight due to swelling, and the swelling crushed and pinched the nerves. The nerves were still inflamed years after the removal of the cast.
There often are no precise treatments for the condition. But one intriguing therapy in Europe is promising. They put the patient under general anesthesia to undergo surgery, except more profound to the point of near death. The anesthesia essentially shuts down the patient's entire nervous system. Then the patient is revived. In many cases, the CRPS symptoms entirely disappear. Almost like shutting down and rebooting a computer.
To learn more about the Law Offices Of David W Holub visit https://davidholublaw.com today.
To read David Holub's book "Fighting For Truth: A Trial Lawyer's Insight Into What It Takes To Win" visit https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1732468206/