Glossary for Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome

Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis: A motor neuron disease involving progressive degeneration and eventual destruction of the function of nerves that control voluntary movement.
Blood vessel conditions: Conditions that affect the blood vessels
Bone changes: Changes to the bones as a symptom
Bone symptoms: Symptoms affecting the body's bones
Brachial Plexus Injury: Damage to the nerves controlling the shoulder and arm (often from childbirth).
Burning pain: The occurrence of pain that feels like burning
Chronic pain: Ongoing pain of any type
Dermatomyositis: A muscle disease characterized by chronic muscle inflammation resulting in progressive muscle weakness and a characteristic rash.
Erythema: A condition which is characterized by redness of the skin due to congestion of the capillaries
Frozen Shoulder: Frozen shoulder, or adhesive capsulitis, is a condition that causes restriction of motion in the shoulder joint.
Head injury: An injury to the head
Heart attack: Serious and often fatal acute heart condition
Hyperesthesia: An increased sensitivity to touch or painful stimuli
Injury: Any damage inflicted in the body
Lymphatic Obstruction: A blockage of the lymph vessels that drain fluid from body tissues and facilitate immune system cell movement through the body. Lymphatic obstruction can be caused by such things as tumors, surgery, injury and infection. Obstruction can be primary (as in the case of inherited conditions such as lymphatic hypoplasia) or secondary (as in the case of infection).
Muscle atrophy: Decrease in size and bulk of muscle.
Osteoporosis: Bone thinning and weakening from bone calcium depletion.
Pain: A feeling of suffering, agony, distress caused by the stimulation of pain fibres in the nervous system
Polio: Dangerous virus now rare due to vaccination.
Polymyalgia rheumatica: A condition characterized by muscle pain and stiffness, fatigue and fever. It is often associated with giant-cell arteritis which is a related but more serious condition.
Raynaud's syndrome: An idiopathic vascular disorder marked by bilateral attacks of Raynaud's phenomenon
Rheumatoid arthritis: Autoimmune form of arthritis usually in teens or young adults.
Scleroderma: A rare, progressive connective tissue disorder involving thickening and hardening of the skin and connective tissue. There are a number of forms of scleroderma with some forms being systemic (involving internal organs).
Skin atrophy: A condition which is characterized by atrophy of the skin
Skin conditions: Any condition that affects the skin
Skin texture changes: Changes to skin texture or consistency.
Stiff joints: Reduced mobility or movement of the joints
Stroke: Serious brain event from bleeding or blood clots.
Superior orbital fissure syndrome: A neurological condition that can result from a fracture of the orbital fissure which is a cleft that lies behind the nose. The disorder that can also result from facial fractures, cavernous sinus infections or retrobulbar tumors or infections. Damage to the nerves that pass through the orbital fissure causes the symptoms.
Superior vena cava syndrome: A condition caused by compression or obstruction to the normal circulation of the superior vena cava which carries deoxygenated blood from the body tissues back to the heart.
Temperature sensitivity: Changes to the body's perception of temperature
Thoracic outlet syndrome: Pinched shoulder/arm nerve.
Transient osteoporosis of the hip: Focal pain conditions in the hip often interchangeably termedreflex sympathetic dystrophyor transient osteoporosis.
Venous Insufficiency: A condition where the valves in the leg veins are unable to pump blood to the heart which causes blood to pool below the defective valves.