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Questions to Ask Your Health Care Provider about Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy
- How can you be certain that I have reflex sympathetic dystrophy (RSD) and not another chronic pain condition?
- What treatments do you recommend and why?
- What are my treatment options?
- In your experience, is there a "best" treatment?
- What is my prognosis (short and long term)?
- Are there any activities I can be doing on my own to either improve my condition or prevent it from getting worse?
- At what point do you recommend interventional therapies?
- Which other health care professionals should be involved in my treatment?
- Is the proposed treatment covered by my health insurance policy?
- How much experience have you had treating patients with RSD?
- Are there any doctors in the area that specialize in managing RSD patients?
- Are there any RSD support groups in this area?
