reflex sympathetic dystrophy
1reflex sympathetic dystrophy — n a painful disorder that usu. follows a localized injury, that is marked by burning pain, swelling, and motor and sensory disturbances esp. of an extremity, and that is associated with sympathetic nervous system dysfunction abbr. RSD see… …
2reflex sympathetic dystrophy — RSD; = complex regional pain syndrome; = Sudeck s atrophy neurological dysfunction in a limb following trauma, surgery, or disease, characterized by intense burning pain, swelling, stiffness, and sweaty shiny mottled skin. It is caused by… …
3Reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) — A condition characterized by diffuse pain, swelling and limitation of movement that follows a injury such as a fracture in an arm or leg, The symptoms are way out of proportion to the injury and may linger long after the injury has healed …
4Reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome (RSDS) — A condition that features a group of typical symptoms, including pain (often "burning" type), tenderness, and swelling of an extremity associated with varying degrees of sweating, warmth and/or coolness, flushing, discoloration, and… …
5Syndrome, reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSDS) — A condition that features a group of typical symptoms, including pain (often "burning" type), tenderness, and swelling of an extremity associated with varying degrees of sweating, warmth and/or coolness, flushing, discoloration, and… …
6dystrophy — Progressive changes that may result from defective nutrition of a tissue or organ. SYN: dystrophia. [dys + G. trophe, nourishment] adiposogenital d. a disorder characterized primarily by obesity and hypogonadotrophic hypogonadism …
7RSD — reflex sympathetic dystrophy …
8Sudeck's atrophy — reflex sympathetic dystrophy …
9Sudek's atrophy — (reflex sympathetic dystrophy) pain, swelling, stiffness, and skin changes in a part of the body, most often the hand or foot, sometimes caused by overactivity of the sympathetic nervous system following trauma or surgery or occasionally arising… …
10RSDS — Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome (Community » Non Profit Organizations) …
