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November is CRPS Month!

11/6/2017

We handle all kinds of accidents,
and unfortunately,
any type of injury can result in
Complex
Regional
Pain
Syndrome.
The most critical symptom in CRPS is an intense and burning feeling that is out of proportion to the injury suffered. It usually begins at the point of injury but spreads to the entire limb, and will even go to the arm or leg on the opposite side of the body.

Symptoms include:

pathological changes in bone and skin
excessive sweating
inflammation
spasms
extreme sensitivity to touch
insomnia
depression
agitation and/or irritability

The sensation with CRPS gets worse over time.
Here are a few jury verdicts related to an injury that developed into CRPS:

2012, New York: $955,000 verdict in a rear end car accident case. Plaintiff complained her right wrist pain was the result of traumatically induced complex regional pain syndrome and that accident aggravated pre-existing complex regional pain syndrome of her left wrist.
2012, Florida: $700,000 verdict in a slip and fall case where the plaintiff's injuries included fractures and complex regional pain syndrome for which she received several epidural steroid and nerve block injections.
2011, Georgia: $2.79 million verdict for a person who slipped and fell in at Kroger.
2011, Maryland: $11,802,225 for a plaintiff who was injured in a fender bender and developed CRPS.

CRPS, also called reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome, is a chronic pain condition in which high levels of nerve impulses are sent to an affected site. Experts believe that CRPS occurs as a result of dysfunction in the central or peripheral nervous systems.
CRPS is most common in people ages 20-35. The syndrome also can occur in children; it affects women more often than men. There is no cure for CRPS.
www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/complex-regional-pain-syndrome#1

Questions & Answers

1) I SEEM TO BE HAVING PROBLEMS WITH MY MEMORY. IS THAT PART OF CRPS/RSD OR IS IT BECAUSE OF THE MEDICATIONS?

YES and YES! You aren't going crazy or losing your mind. CRPS/RSDS causes short-term memory problems. For more information on the main symptoms of RSD/CRPS see the following link -- CRPS SYMPTOMS

2) ARE THERE CERTAIN MEDICATIONS THAT CAN HELP CRPS?

Yes, there are some medications that are better than others and certainly some that need to be avoided. For more information on the typical medications -- DRUG THERAPIES

There is also an article on THE SCHEDULE OR CLASSES OF DRUGS in the Drug Therapies section.

3) CAN CRPS SPREAD? If so, how likely is mine to spread and where?

CRPS spreads to some degree in 70% or more of all cases; depending on the type of original injury, the treatments used, existing medical history, subsequent injuries, etc.

It seems to follow very specific paths in most patients; hand to arm; foot to leg. But it can also go from one side to the other, left foot to right foot, right hand to left hand, etc. It can also spread up the arm from the hand it what is commonly known as shoulder/hand syndrome.

In many cases where a spinal injury is involved it appears more likely to spread full body but it can happen in other cases as well. CRPS can occur in almost any part of the body and it can spread to almost any part of the body as well, from the many cases that are constantly being presented.

If you have a nerve there,
it can spread there.

Links to more common questions with answers:
www.webmd.com/pain-management/guide/complex-regional-pain-syndrome
www.rsdhope.org/crps-top-15-faqs.html

These Illinois buildings will turn ORANGE to raise awareness:
PRUDENTIAL PLAZA IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS - NOVEMBER 6
BOMA/CHICAGO BUILDINGS - NOVEMBER 1-NOVEMBER 15

FOR 19 YEARS NOW THE ENTIRE MONTH OF NOVEMBER HAS BEEN CELEBRATED AS CRPS AWARENESS MONTH ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.
www.rsdhope.org/national-crps-awareness-month.html

  Compensable personal injury
  damages in Illinois include:

Aggravation of Pre-Existing Ailment or Condition
The disfigurement resulting from the injury
Loss of a normal life experienced
The increased risk of future specific condition harm
Shortened life expectancy
The pain and suffering experienced
The emotional distress experienced
The reasonable expense of necessary medical care
Loss of Earnings or Profits
The present cash value of time, earnings, benefits
The reasonable expense of necessary help
The expense of necessary repairs to property

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