That disease is RSD/CRPS (Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome), a disproportionately severe chronic pain that develops after an injury or surgery.

CRPS is divided into two categories: Type I (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) and Type II (causalgia). Type II involves damage to a major nerve trunk.

Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD), or complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), is a nerve disorder that affects pain regulation.

Katinka van der Merwe helps readers understand the symptoms associated with RSD/CRPS and explains how the syndrome stems from a malfunction in the central nervous system.

Erin Dasher, 26, has been diagnosed with Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy or Chronic/Complex Regional Pain Syndrome. The condition in best described in terms of an original injury that does not follow … ...

ROCHESTER — RSDSA has begun a ‘We the People’ petition requesting the Obama Administration to nationally recognize RSD/CRPS awareness month by planting an orange flowering plant in the White ...

RSD or Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy syndrome, is a nervous system disorder usually brought on by injury, Loder said. "But it could be from someone just stepping on your foot," she said.