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Mysterious pain defies treatment; Doctors struggle to treat 'complex regional pain syndrome,' which immobilizes
patients.
It was supposed to be a typical ballet class. Cynthia Toussaint, then a senior dance major at the University of California, Irvine, raised her left leg to the bar and slowly bent her upper body down to her right knee.
As she returned to an upright position, she felt a sudden pop in her hamstring. "It felt like a guitar string had been plucked and it had broken," said Toussaint, 45.
An intense burning sensation followed. The next day, the college athletics trainer determined she had pulled her hamstring. But even years later, the pain would not subside. It migrated to her other leg, leaving her bedridden for nearly a decade. The pain overtook her vocal cords, leaving her temporarily mute. All the while, doctors puzzled over and even doubted her mysterious condition.
Mystery unfolds
Toussaint now knows that she is among an estimated 1 million Americans living with complex regional pain syndrome, a nerve disorder formerly known as reflex sympathetic dystrophy syndrome. For patients with the disorder, a trauma as mild as a fractured wrist or a twisted ankle can cause the nerves to misfire, so much so that intense pain messages are constantly sent to the brain.
Doctors believe the condition complicates 1 of every 1,200 traumatic injuries. "It is still quite a mysterious condition," said Dr. Scott M. Fishman, a pain management specialist at the University of California, Davis.
For some, pain remains in one place, most commonly one of the extremities. For others, it spreads throughout the body, making even a light touch or minor changes in temperature agonizing.
For Toussaint, as for many other patients, the pain was life-altering. She dropped out of school and fell into a deep depression, she said. It took 13 1/2 years for her disorder to be diagnosed.
Treatment complicated
Without clear clues as to what induces the syndrome or who is particularly susceptible, doctors say that treating it is a challenge. Sympathetic nerve blocks can reduce the pain. More than two dozen drugs are being used to treat the pain. But none of the medications, which range from acetaminophen and ibuprofen to morphine and methadone, have been approved by the Food and Drug Administration for this use.
Another treatment is to implant an electrical stimulator near the base of the spinal cord or the injured limb. The device sends low-level electrical signals to the spinal cord and blocks pain signals from reaching the brain.
