Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)

Causes, Symptoms, Complications, Prevention, Diagnosis and Treatment

Complex Regional Pain Syndrome is a condition of chronic pain that usually develops after an injury, surgery, stroke, or heart attack and affects an arm or a leg. It is characterized by pain that is much greater than expected after an injury that causes it. It is a fairly rare condition.

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Complex Regional Pain Syndrome Causes

The major causes of CRPS are:

  • Injury
  • Abnormal inflammation
  • Deformity of central nervous systems
  • Trauma

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