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RSD PUZZLE #10
Can RSD Ever Be Completely Gone                                                                                                                                

(Revised on 2/14/2002)

"HOW CAN YOUR RSD BE COMPLETELY CURED AND CLEARED UP AND GONE? RSD never clears up. RSD stays with you for the rest of your life".

This is a serious misconception and wrong information. In a way it is a self-fulfilled prophecy.

When the RSD is diagnosed within the first 3 to 6 months, and specifically within the first three months, the disease can be cured in some of the patients provided that the patient is not treated with excessive bed rest, excessive exercise, ice application (Cryotherapy), elective surgery, sympathectomy, and multiple simultaneous strong narcotic treatments. This is specifically true in children and teenagers. RSD is just as common among children and teenagers as among adults. However, the teenagers have the blessing of a surge of hormones (growth hormone and other hormones) which provides them with excellent healing power. This is even more true in the case of children below ten years of age. RSD will leave significant residuals and will stay with the patient for the rest of their life under the following conditions:

1. Misdiagnosis.

2. Delayed diagnosis after two years and longer.

3. Additional trauma due to surgical procedures at the area involved with RSD (e.g., "tarsal tunnel", "carpal tunnel" surgery "rotator cuff tear" surgery).

4. Prolonged improper treatments such as ice application, inactivity, abuse of narcotics and benzodiazepans, etc.

5. Sympathectomy, amputation, or insertion of a needle in the area of scar of RSD for injections, blocks, or other purposes.

6. Prolonged litigation with resultant emotional aggravation and delay in treatment. RSD is a disease begging to be cured in the early stages. On the other hand, when treated improperly or in late stages, then the treatment benefits are usually partial. In such patients, when everything else fails, infusion pump treatment can contain the disease in practically 90% of even severe or late stage RSD patients.

7. A special form of RSD, major causalgia, usually shows a partial improvement with treatment and has more tendency to leave permanent residuals.

8. Operations in the form of sympathectomy or amputation invariably leave residuals behind with less tendency for complete recovery and cure. As a matter of fact, amputation invariably perpetuates the RSD.


H. Hooshmand, M.D.

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