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We hope to assist patients, as well as family, and friends of those who suffer from Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy (RSD) or more recently known as Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS). This organization was formed in July 1990; and since then, has sent information regarding RSD/CRPS to hundreds of thousands patients and professionals worldwide. The free information we offer will help educate and inform you, your family, friends as well as your physician regarding the signs, symptoms, diagnosis and the latest methods of treatment for RSD/CRPS.
ITI in Electrical Injuries
Doctors Hooshmand, Hashmi and I have co-authored the following abstract: The Role of Infrared Thermal Imaging (Thermography in Electrical Injuries (EI).
Below is anabstract from the article The Role of Infrared Thermal Imaging (Thermography in Electrical Injuries (EI).
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THE ROLE OF INFRARED THERMAL IMAGING (THERMOGRAPHY)
IN ELECTRICAL INJURIES (EI)
Hooshang Hooshmand, M.D., Masood Hashmi, M.D. and Eric M. Phillips
Neurological Associates Pain Management Center
1255 37th Street, Suite B
Vero Beach, FL 32960
ABSTRACT
In our study of 411 consecutive Electrical injury (EI) patients (in publication) [1], the disease followed a stereotypical pattern. The electricity enters, and passes through the path of the least resistance [1, 2]. This path consists of oxygenated, rapidly circulating arterial blood. In its wake the electricity damages the thermoreceptor sensory nerves in the wall of blood vessels. As a result, the electricity causes neuropathic pain, complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) [1], spinal cord dysfunction, myelogenic seizures and limbic system dysfunction [1, 2].
