does anyone have any information about a nerve condition called rsd?
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I'm no expert, but here's what I know:\n\nRSD is a neurological disease where, essentially, your nervous system sends pain impulses even though whatever trauma you had is healed.  Do a Yahoo search for RSD, reflex sympathetic dystrophy, CRPS, or complex regional pain syndrome & you'll find lots of information and support groups.\n\nMy sister-in-law has had rsd for the last 3 years.  She's gone through a number of different procedures.  Some have worked better than others.  Some (done by drs who don't know anything about rsd) have made her condition MUCH worse.  As of last week, she was pretty much confined to bed because she was in so much pain & on so many drugs.  She couldn't take care of her 2 kids and had to hire daytime help.\n\nBut here's the good news!  Last Monday, she checked into Hahnemann Hospital in Philadelphia to undergo ketamine treatment with Dr. Schwartzman.  She could barely walk into the hospital.  She walked out of the hospital the following Sunday with NO PAIN whatsoever feeling the best she's felt in 3 years.  We'll see how well the treatment lasts...technically, it should go into remission, but might come back.\n\nI wish you the best of luck!  Just make sure whatever drs you go to are familiar with RSD.  It's very important!
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There are dozens of various illness and nerve issues.\nOften it can merely be loss of muscle tone causing some.
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i also suffer from RSD.  i hope you are feeling better soon! keep a positive attitude, things will get better!
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Carpal tunnel syndrome (CTS) is a medical condition in which the median nerve is compressed at the wrist causing symptoms like tingling, numbness, night time wakening, pain, coldness, and sometimes weakness in parts of the hand. CTS is more common in women than it is in men, and has a peak incidence around age 50 (though it can occur in any adult). The lifetime risk for CTS is around 10% of the adult population.\n\nThe median nerve runs through the carpal tunnel, a canal in the wrist that is surrounded by bone on three sides, and a fibrous sheath (the flexor retinaculum) on the other. In addition to the nerve, many tendons of the hand pass through this canal. The median nerve can be compressed by swelling of the contents of the canal. Other causes include soft tissue swelling in and around the tunnel or even by direct pressure from part of a broken or dislocated bone. However, bone dislocations are a rare cause of carpal tunnel syndrome that are a result of severe traumatic events.\n\nMost cases of CTS are idiopathic. Many people with carpal tunnel syndrome have gradual increasing symptoms over time. A common factor in developing carpal tunnel symptoms is increased hand use or activity. While repetitive activities are often blamed for the development of CTS, the correlation is often unclear. Physiology and family history may have a significant role in individual's susceptibility.\n\nMany cases of carpal tunnel syndrome are provoked by repetitive grasping and manipulating activities. The exposure can be cumulative. Activities may be work-related or related to other activities (i.e. home improvement chores.) Symptoms are commonly exacerbated by forceful and repetitive use of the hand and wrists in industrial occupations, including jack hammer operators, meat packers, computer users and musicians. The condition has been documented for decades, but in recent 10 to 20 years has become more prevalent, probably due to better public awareness and earlier diagnosis.\n\nHowever, recent studies and peer review articles have found no relationship between carpal tunnel syndrome and office-type work. Specifically, research studies have found no statistically significant association between CTS and keyboard use. The jury is still out on what, if any, relationship may exist between CTS and light office work and computer use.
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It may be a psiatic nerve pinching inbetween your back bones. My mother had the same symptoms as you do. Ask your doctor about it. Do you have any back pains that go along with it?
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JS,\nI'm somewhat familiar with your situation as I'm pretty much in the same boat.  I'm 54 and have degenerative disk disease (DDD) with 11 herniated and/or bulging disks in my upper and lower back.  It sounds like you might have the same thing along with the scoliosis.  Have you had an MRI of your upper back?  It's not a big deal knowing it, since there's no cure or treatment for DDD, in fact they're not sure what causes it.  The bottom line with DDD is there's nothing they can do but treat the pain.  Injuries to the spinal cord or the nerves that attach to the spinal cord do not heal themselves nor will they "reroute" themselves as other nerves in your body sometimes can.  With spinal nerve damage, once it happens, you've got it forever.\n\nI've got a damaged nerve on the left side of the T3/T4 disk that's been causing me constant pain for over 3 years now.  I was coughing, of all things, and blew the disk out, which crushed or dented the nerve.  I've been in constant, terrible pain ever since.  Every hour, every day, it hasn't let up, not even for a second.  There's no "comfortable position," no way to ease that "ice pick in the back" pain I have.  It just "is" and it takes over every aspect of your life.  Sometimes I do something, move a certain way, and bingo, the pain shoots up near the top of the scale.  Sometimes it goes back to "normal" (around a 3 or 4 on the pain scale) after a few minutes and sometimes it stays up there around an 8 or 9 for two or three days. Sometimes I can do some particular thing without making it worse and then I do the same thing a week later and I'm back in the jackpot.  It seems there's no reason or rhyme to it.  \n\nI've had 5 Epidural Steroid Injections (ESI), which unfortunately did nothing but give me diabetes, one more thing I have to deal with.  Ok, I should say that the docs think the ESI *did* work, in that it caused the disk to shrink just as it was supposed to, but unfortunately the physical damage to the nerve was already done and that's what is causing the chronic pain.  \n\nI'm taking some pretty strong pain killers, morphine and codeine (can you spell "addict"?), plus I've just started Lyrica.  I tried Neurontin a couple of years ago but it didn't help.  I'm hoping the Lyrica will help this time and maybe I can get off the morphine, which, for one thing doesn't work all that well but also it has some bad side effects.  Mine aren't as bad as some I've talked to, but they're bad enough.  Yes, I know it could be worse and while I have a great deal of sympathy for others that are worse off than me, hearing about the plight of someone else doesn't make me feel any better.\n  \nI'm also taking some stuff called Zanaflex (generic name: Tizanidine) which, while it has some side effects, really helped when I started getting extremely sharp, radiating pains that went from the damaged nerve at the T3/T4 site, down the back of my left arm and up the back of my neck.  The Zanaflex stopped the pain right away and it's one of the best meds I've ever taken when it comes to doing what it's supposed to.  I stopped taking it for a day and the pains came back, so I know it's working.  Zanaflex is a muscle relaxer and apparently the pain in my arm and neck were the result of muscle spasms generated by the nerve damage in my back.\n\nThe biggest problem I have with it is that it knocks me out cold!  I've talked to others that have had different, intolerable, side effects, so it's not going to work for everyone.  I'm supposed to take 4mg three times a day but instead I take two of them (8mg) before I go to bed.  It has a dual effect of stopping the pain plus it's a fantastic sleep aid - but you better not change your mind about sleeping after you take it!  \n\nOne of the best things about it is that it
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yes, I heard of it.  Its an autoimmune disease.  Your skin begins to tighten on your hand and face I think.  It becomes hard to eat too, they have throat problems.  A lot of people that have it also have Raynaulds and have cold fingers and toes.  There are several blood test that a specialist can do to see if you have it.  So instead of worrying, get the blood test.
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Could be a sciatic nerve. Some people have had luck with getting them to go away and other like myself have not. I have had a siatic nerve for 9 years and only finnally found out what it was a while back when i was pregnant. Check with your doc to see what it it before trying anything, you don't want to take a chance that you will make it worse.
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Here is a good site for you to check out:\n\nhttp://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/science/know_l2/black_holes.html\n\nSimply put, \n\nReflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome, RSDS, now also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, CRPS, is a progressive disease of the Autonomic Nervous System. \n\nA more in depth explanation is; \n\nRSDS/CRPS Type I can follow a simple trauma (fall or sprain) a break or fracture (especially wrist and ankle) a sharp force injury (such as a knife or bullet wound), heart problems, infections, surgery, spinal injuries/disorders, RSI's (Repetitive Stress Injuries), CTS (Carpal Tunnel Syndrome), Tarsal Tunnel Syndrome, injections, and even some partial paralysis injury cases. \n\nUntil very recently there was no way to quantify Type I. Now there is new information available.
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The nerve could be inflamed giving you referred pain, I would go with the doctor option too...:D
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Many  people experience what  your going through, but not many people talk about it.\n Back in  olden times they  called your experience a "night Hag" That paralyzing feeling caused  by "Her sitting on your body and  holding you down"  \nIt's a  thing of child hood past... not many people talk about that theory anymore, although it is in  some books!\n\nNow, as far as going to a Dr.  It may be a good Idea to talk to him..he might want to do  some tests, but most likely he will tell you it's normal and to not worry about it..it happens to everyone..I've had it happen many times!! It is not a fun experience..usually it will go away right away.. the longest  one i have had is like  a few minutes actually!!! THAT WAS AWFUL!!! \n\nwhen it happens to me it's helpful to relax and stay calm.. i  usually imagine my self "fighting it off" and that  usually works.   try moving your upper body  before anything else that has always seemed to help me out too.  if anything talk to your Dr. if you feel necessary..then try looking it up and doing a little research  who knows what  you might find!!
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There are many.  First I would write down when and what you are doing when this happens.  Arthritis, RSD, Hypocalcimeia,,, I have had the same thing and it took two years before the doctors could do tests and eliminate each.  Surgery and alot of work from myself keeping a daily notebook regarding my symptoms.  In the end I had all of the ones I mentioned.  You need a good doctor of immunology who can tests and find out exactly what needs to be done and find a course of treatment.
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just a suggestion.. it might be a form of neuropathy..\n\n\nkerri
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If it is really persistant go to a doctor but on the whole it is just an electrical feed back thing between nerves. I get it sometimes when I have been doing something like lots of computer work.
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Sounds like peripheral neuropathy. See a neurologist.
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Yep.  Nerves go all the way from your fingers up through your whole arm.  You probably did something funny to the nerve.  I'd see a doctor if it's not better in a couple of days.
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Yes I have...It is a something that runs in my family...I believe it is called Menier's (not sure of the spelling)Disease...It is caused when the water level in the middle ear is disrupted...My father takes anti-vert, although from what he has told me a person can build up immunity to its effects...He does get it very bad at times and he is aware of its onset, so he takes 1/2 of a Valium which reduces the anxiety of knowing that he may be laid up in bed for a week, but it does seem to help him with the symptoms...or...get this...he puts the hair drier to his ear...the gentle air flow seems to help level out the water imbalance...he is 76 years old so he has become quite proficient in his own health care...He was also told about a surgical procedure...but that could possibly leave you deaf...I like the hair drier idea myself...contact your doctor and ask your family members if they have had it...I know my paternal grandmother had it, my father has it, and I get it too...My best preventive is just move more slowly, avoid wild amusement park rides, and when I'm on a boat or a passenger in a  fast moving car, I NEVER look down...only forward...I hope this has helped...