These
modules present a basic overview of common pain syndromes.
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Complex
Regional Pain Syndrome
Previously
known as causalgia or RSD, Complex Regional Pain Syndrome
(CRPS) is a chronic pain condition that may develop after
an injury to the skin, bone, joints, tissue or major nerves.
Shingles
(acute herpes zoster) is a skin rash that develops in a belt-like
distribution. Postherpetic neuralgia is shingles pain that
does not go away.