Recently Diagnosed with RSD

Had Knee surgery in Oct. Had major complications from it. First developed blood clots in the calf. Hospitalized had major pain in the toe, foot and leg with extreme tempature pain and coldness. Stated it was possibly RSD, had serious cold sensastions in the left side of my back and developed tremors and paralysis in my arm. Since being discharged I have expeirenced severe coldness in my leg and spine. Want to know if anyone has experienced this. Not sure what to do at this point because my doctors are all amazed that I am experiencing this severe coldness.

thanks.

[Dr. A. Srivastava]

Thank you for your question. Although without being able to examine you I can not offer you the specific advice on diagnosis and treatment that you need, but I would try to provide you some relevant information about your health concern.

I do sympathize with your health concern after surgical complication. It seems that you might have leg nerve injury during the surgery so that may have been resulted into RSD (reflex sympathetic dystrophy). Symptoms of RSD could be intense pain in leg, numbness, altered skin color, swelling and abnormal sensitivity. Treatment of RSD mainly includes steroid & pain killer. In addition, physiotherapy is the essential part of the treatment to improve the movement of the affected leg. I would suggest consulting a neurologist as well in order to reach at probable diagnosis here. Hope this information proves helpful to you.