Jim–
You ought to check out an article in Time Magazine’s Fall 1997 Special
Issue–Cover features “Heroes of Medicine”.
There is an article about “reflex sympathetic dystrophy” which sounds quite a
bit like what you describe.
We have all had patients with seemingly unexplainable pain–some very severe.
Phantom pain is usually the diagnosis and sometimes treatment is attempted
with this in mind–usually with some kind of drug therapy. RSD, however,
certainly seems to explain some cases we have had both now and in the past.
Unfortunately, there is no sure-fire treatment at this point…
JTA (Tom Andrew)
In a message dated 11/11/97 3:49:38 PM, [email protected] wrote:
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