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February 2009 I had hand surgery to release Dupuytrens Contractor. I woke from the surgery and had two fingers (ring and middle) that were hot and prickly and no feeling.
The next week when I had some of the stitches removed, I experienced intense burning in my whole hand which was swollen and the fingers were all swollen and shiny. My therapist immediately recognized these characteristics as RSD and I was put on a dosepak (like steroid) for a week. This did not help at all and I continued to...Read the full article