Five worrying signs after treatment or operation on a wrist fracture
In several of our previous conversations, Dr Piñal has insisted that a normal wrist is the one we’re not even aware it’s there, so therefore new or persistent sensations can point to the false resolution of a previous pathology or trauma. This is the case of wrist fractures, whose preceding treatment or subsequent surgery can […]
Differences between osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis: from the wear to our own body’s fury
Google translation: Traditionally, by the similarity of the terms and the overlap in the damaged areas of the patients of osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis, they confuse both pathologies. They could hardly be more opposite. While osteoarthritis stems from the degeneration of the area affected by ‘wear and tear’ or ‘abnormal’ use (extreme intensity of use of the joint, ’side’ effects of poorly healed… […]
Dr. Piñal: «Reflex sympathetic dystrophy does not exist, it is a ‘scam’, a catch-all in which to hide what goes beyond our knowledge»
Under the name of syndrome of reflex sympathetic dystrophy (for its acronym in English, RSD and CRPS * 1) a whole series of symptoms are grouped – continuous pain, redness, burning, swelling, etc. – that usually appear in patients who have previously suffered some type of trauma or fracture.