If you ever had an infection, and we all have at one time or another, the remaining microplasma are very hardy and adept at surviving. They can hide and wait until they are strong enough to re-surface. A locked in infection inside a crushed joint, bone, muscle, ligament tendon...etc... could cause an immune response to the sympathetic nerve fibers that are supplying the affected area, in turn, causing RSDS. This could explain why some cases of RSDS/CRPS spread slowly and other cases spread like wild fire. This of course depends on how the nerve reacts to the sudden exposure of the microplasma. The nerve in turn could cause swelling, pain, irritability, and a whole host of other complications. This is only a theory. After 8 weeks from my accident when I told the doctor that there was something wrong with my foot, and he said “Yea, I know, it was crushed”. I replied back, “What I mean is, it has reversed it’s healing process and there’s no apparent reason for that. Maybe I have an infection in my foot”. He just smiled and said, “Continue therapy 3 times a week”. (*******) Give this some thought. OK.?
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Bob A.
[This message has been edited by Bob A (edited 09-10-2003).]