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Fact 30
CRPS usually affects one limb, but in 7% of cases later spreads to involve additional limbs.
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Fact 26
Some reports suggest that 75% of CRPS sufferers have dental issues, often serious.
The side effects of pain medications are often a contributory factor in worsening dental health.
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Fact 24
Your arms and legs are typical areas that
CRPS can impact. In fact, there is roughly a split of 60% in arms, and 40% in legs.
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Fact 23
90% of people with CRPS report a variety of ongoing gastric issues including constipation, diarrhoea, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) or dysphagia.
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Fact 22
CRPS patients may perceive their affected limb as being much larger, heavier or different in temperature or pressure from objective assessment. This is called Body Perception Disturbance.
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Fact 20
Around 25% of people suffering CRPS
report urinary problems.
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Fact 19
Symptoms of CRPS are different for each person. Most people do not have all of the symptoms listed.
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Fact 18
Any form of invasive procedure (e.g surgery, blood test or tooth extraction)
can cause the condition to worsen and/or spread.
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Fact 17
There's no single test that can definitively diagnose CRPS, but the following procedures may provide important clues.
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Fact 15
CRPS occurs most frequently in people of European ancestry (in about 66 to 80 percent of cases).
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Fact 14
There is often increased sensitivity in the affected area, known as allodynia, in which light touch, normal physical contact, and use is felt by the person to be very painful.
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Fact 13
Cambridge scientists show that people with CRPS Type I are more likely to have one of four specific genetic differences.
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Fact 12
Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
(CRPS) is rated 42 out of 50 on the McGill Pain Scale, making it one of the most painful conditions known.
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Fact 11
Overall 85% of patients will have substantial pain reduction within the first 1-2 years after disease onset.
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Fact 10
DO NOT USE ICE
The application of ice can accelerate
CRPS and can cause the condition to spread. It is also recommended to avoid hot and cold therapy too.
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Fact 9
Dystonia occurs in approximately 20% of patients with CRPS and is characterized by fixed flexion postures of the fingers, wrist, and feet that may vary in severity.
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Fact 8
The most common injury associated with developing CRPS is a bone fracture, especially a wrist fracture.
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Fact 7
The three CRPS subtypes are:
-CRPS Type 2
-CRPS NOS (not otherwise specified)
-CRPS with remission of some features
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Fact 6
According to the latest IASP Valencian Consensus' update in 2021, there is 1 main type of CRPS and 3 sub-types.
The main type of CRPS is...
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