The clinical symptoms of complex regional pain syndrome include:
Clinical signs include evidence of abnormal sudomotor activity:
Usually, the symptoms and signs are in the same limb as a preceding injury; sometimes they are in the distribution of just one peripheral nerve.
The diagnosis is made on the basis of pain, autonomic disturbance and functional impairment. However, other causes of pain and loss of function in the limb must be excluded first.
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