Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
Diagnostic Criteria (The "Budapest Criteria"):
• Persistent pain out of proportion to any inciting event
• Symptoms in at least 3, and physical signs in at least 2 of the following 4 categories:
- Sensory: Hyperesthesia and/or allodynia
- Vasomotor: Temperature and/or skin color changes
- Edema/sudomotor: Edema and/or sweating changes
- Motor/trophic: Motor dysfunction and/or changes to hair, nails or skin
• Findings are not explained better by an alternative diagnosis
Clinical Features:
• Pain: "Burning" or "Stinging", Deep > Superficial, Continuous > Paroxysmal, Hyperalgesia (↑ sensitivity to painful stimuli), Allodynia (feeling pain in respon to stimuli not usually painful)
• Other Symptoms: Weakness, Tremor and myoclonic jerking, Edema, Skin color changes (livedo, cyanosis or hyperemia), ↑/↓ Temperature & sweating, Skin atrophy, Contractures
- Dr. Eric Strong @DrEricStrong - Strong Medicine https://www.youtube.com/c/EricsMedi
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