sudeck's disease

Dejerine-Sottas Disease: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Dejerine-Sottas disease is an inherited disorder that affects the peripheral nerves. Dejerine-Sottas disease belongs to the group of inherited sensory and motor neuropathies. Doctors often refer to the disorder as HMSN type 3. What is Dejerine-Sottas disease? Dejerine-Sottas disease is also known by the synonyms hypertrophic neuropathy of childhood and Charcot-Marie-Tooth disease type 3. Dejerine-Sottas … Dejerine-Sottas Disease: Causes, Symptoms & Treatment

Classification | Physiotherapy for a radius fracture

Classification The radius can break in different places: The common distal radius fracture can be divided into two forms depending on the cause of the injury: Children are particularly often affected, as they often tend to fall when playing. Older people also frequently suffer a radius fracture, since the risk of falls increases with age. … Classification | Physiotherapy for a radius fracture

Radius fracture in a child | Physiotherapy for a radius fracture

Radius fracture in a child Children in particular often fall while playing and are often affected by a distal radius fracture. For diagnosis, the wrist and forearm are x-rayed in at least 2 planes. Now the problem in children is that the bones are still very soft. Especially the periosteum is very flexible, so that … Radius fracture in a child | Physiotherapy for a radius fracture

Healing time | Physiotherapy for a radius fracture

Healing time The healing time depends strongly on the extent of the injury and the chosen therapy: It can be problematic if the fracture does not heal or heals incorrectly with conservative therapy. It may be necessary to operate after all. This delays healing. Complications such as Sudeck’s disease (a trophic disorder that can lead … Healing time | Physiotherapy for a radius fracture

Physiotherapy for a radius fracture

Together with the ulna, the radius forms our forearm bones, radius and ulna. Certain injuries can lead to a fracture, i.e. a break of the radius. Especially often the radius breaks when falling on the stretched arm, for example when trying to cushion a fall with the hand. Physiotherapy/treatment The treatment of a radius fracture … Physiotherapy for a radius fracture

Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

The clinical picture of Sudeck’s disease, also known as CRPS: Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, describes a symptomatology that not only sounds complex for borrowers, but where the treatment must also be considered complex. The therapy depends on the symptoms of the respective stages, which are described first in the following: Treatment/physiotherapy in the stages In … Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

Symptoms/3 stages of sympathetic reflex dystrophy | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

Symptoms/3 stages of sympathetic reflex dystrophy Sudeck’s disease is usually divided into 3 stages, but the clinical course of the disease is often not clearly defined. Stage: acute inflammation In the first stage, the inflammatory stage, the symptoms of acute inflammation predominate. These may include burning pain and overheating of the skin. There may also … Symptoms/3 stages of sympathetic reflex dystrophy | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

Drug therapy | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

Drug therapy Drug treatment is also an integral part of standard therapy for Sudeck’s disease. Frequently administered: These medications are mainly used in the early stages. Corticoids have a decongestant, anti-inflammatory and pain-relieving effect and thus often lead to a rapid improvement in symptoms. The study situation here is not entirely clear, but very often … Drug therapy | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

Causes/development of Sudeck’s disease | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

Causes/development of Sudeck’s disease The development (pathogenesis) of Sudeck’s disease is still not completely understood. The basis is an irregular healing of injured tissue. This injury can be a trauma resulting from an accident or injury, as well as occur after an operation or have inflammation as a cause. Thus, Sudeck’s disease occurs in 1-2% … Causes/development of Sudeck’s disease | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

General Information | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

General Information In the final stage of Sudeck’s disease, the affected limb may show stiffening of the joint and shrunken skin, tendons and muscles in severe pain, which in turn may lead to a loss of function. In order to provide the patient with pain relief, interdisciplinary treatment is generally important. Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics plays an … General Information | Physiotherapy/physical gymnastics Sudeck’s disease

CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)

Definition The abbreviation CRPS stands for “Complex Regional Pain Syndrome”, which means “complex regional pain syndrome”. This disease is also known as Sudeck’s disease (named after its discoverer Paul Sudeck), algo- or (sympathetic) reflex dystrophy. CRPS occurs particularly often on the limbs, mostly on the arms or hands. Women are slightly more frequently affected than … CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)

Diagnosis | CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)

Diagnosis The diagnosis of CRPS is relatively complicated because there is no simple test procedure, causes are still largely unknown and it can develop very differently in different patients. Therefore, the diagnosis is usually based on the patient’s medical history and symptoms. In addition, procedures such as magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and X-rays to assess … Diagnosis | CRPS (Complex Regional Pain Syndrome)