{"id":335,"date":"2022-03-03T12:22:33","date_gmt":"2022-03-03T12:22:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/eldtaugar.is\/what-is-crps\/"},"modified":"2022-05-28T16:53:26","modified_gmt":"2022-05-28T16:53:26","slug":"what-is-crps","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/eldtaugar.is\/en\/what-is-crps\/","title":{"rendered":"What is CRPS?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Most patients with CRPS have had to navigate between various doctors and specialists. They have undergone numerous tests where they have been prodded, poked, stabbed (ill-advised for CRPS patients) and misdiagnosed many times.Chances are, they have been at least suspected (if not outright accused) of being pill-seeking junkies or malingering (a fancy medical word that basically means you are lying about your pain and symptoms.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The average CRPS patient will go misdiagnosed or undiagnosed for years and therefore not receive the right treatment or rehabilitation. Many stumble upon the right diagnosis on their own before getting it confirmed and formalized by a medical professional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The condition is extremely under\u00addiagnosed in Iceland. The incidence rate globally is approximately 5 in every 100,000 persons per year, while in Iceland, that same number is believed to be around 1.8 (according to an interview with Dr. xxxxx).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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S\u00edfelld brunatilfinning e\u00f0a d\u00fandrandi s\u00e1rsauki, oftast \u00ed handlegg, f\u00f3tlegg, hendi e\u00f0a f\u00e6ti.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Mikil n\u00e6mni fyrir snertingu e\u00f0a kulda.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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B\u00f3lga \u00e1 verkju\u00f0u sv\u00e6\u00f0i.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Breytingar \u00ed hitastigi h\u00fa\u00f0ar \u2014 \u00fear sem sviti og kuldi skiptast \u00e1.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Breytingar \u00ed lit h\u00fa\u00f0ar \u2014 allt fr\u00e1 hv\u00edtri og flekkj\u00f3ttri \u00fat \u00ed rau\u00f0 e\u00f0a bl\u00e1.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Breytingar \u00e1 \u00e1fer\u00f0 h\u00fa\u00f0ar \u2014 getur or\u00f0i\u00f0 mun vi\u00f0kv\u00e6mari og \u00feynnst e\u00f0a or\u00f0i\u00f0 glansandi \u00e1 \u00e1hrifasv\u00e6\u00f0i.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Breytingar \u00ed h\u00e1r- og naglavexti.<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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St\u00edfir, b\u00f3lgnir e\u00f0a skemmdir li\u00f0ir<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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V\u00f6\u00f0vakrampar, -skj\u00e1lftar, -veikleiki og -tap<\/p><\/div><\/div>

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Minnkandi geta til a\u00f0 hreyfa \u00fe\u00e1 vi\u00f0komandi l\u00edkamspart.<\/p><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n

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Sj\u00fakd\u00f3murinn var fyrst skr\u00e1settur \u00ed \u00der\u00e6lastr\u00ed\u00f0inu \u00ed Bandar\u00edkjunum, en \u00fea\u00f0 var l\u00e6knirinn Silas Weir Mitchell<\/a> sem var\u00f0 var vi\u00f0 \u00e1kve\u00f0i\u00f0 mynstur einkenna hj\u00e1 herm\u00f6nnum sem h\u00f6f\u00f0u or\u00f0i\u00f0 fyrir byssuskoti.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u00cd gegnum t\u00ed\u00f0ina hefur CRPS gengi\u00f0 undir m\u00f6rgum n\u00f6fnum:<\/p>\n\n\n\n