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For Immediate Release
Contact: Jim Broatch, Executive Director, RSDSA
(877) 662-7737
info@rsds.org
"I HAVE CRPS" CARDS AVAILABLE
Informative card helps educate friends and family
Milford, Connecticut. The Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
Association (RSDSA) has produced "I Have CRPS,"
a tri- fold card that contains a description of CRPS from
the point of view of a person with the syndrome and some suggestions
on how others may help. CRPS, complex regional pain syndrome,
a neuropathic pain disease that is often misunderstood by
friends and family, may affect more than 200,000 Americans.
The McGill Pain scale rates the pain of CRPS higher than that
of cancer patients. The syndrome, which develops in response
to an event the body regards as traumatic, such as an accident
or a medical procedure, may follow 5% of all injuries.
"Four years ago we produced a small card for healthcare
professions that listed the tell-tale signs of CRPS. Although
the medical community used and greatly appreciated the card,
we found that people who have CRPS were using it to show their
friends and family members that the syndrome was real. Because
CRPS is often under diagnosed and under treated by the medical
community it is also grossly misunderstood by the community.
The card gives credence to how people with CRPS describe their
pain," says Jim Broatch, executive director of RSDSA.
The card informs the reader about the syndrome, but also gives
suggestions on how others can help.
I Have CRPS is the size of a credit card so that people
can easily carry them. The card is available free of charge
for members by calling the RSDSA office (877-662-7737).
RSDSA is a national not-for-profit organization, headquartered
in Milford, Connecticut, that promotes greater public and
professional awareness of Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome
(RSD), also known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS)
a painful neurological syndrome that may affect more than
1.5 million Americans.
July 17, 2007 |
