NEUROINFLAMMATORY DISEASE AND CRPS - IS THERE A CONNECTION? A DIFFERENCE?
In a recent conversation between Keith Orsini of the American RSDHope Organization and Jim Broatch of the RSDSA,
the topic of Neuroinflammatory disease came up. Many patients were
concerned about its' connection with CRPS; what that meant for the
future of the disease; and of course how it would impact them
personally. Were they going to change the name of the disease yet again?
What exactly is Neuroinflammatory Disease? Is anyone investigating the
connection?
These are just some of the questions that are floating around the CRPS community right now. Keith and Jim felt it was necessary for American RSDHope and the RSDSA to jointly address the issue, so that there was no confusion.
For the answers, Jim Broatch contacted Dr. Mark Cooper, a noted researcher, who has been studying this very connection, and Jim asked him these questions. This was his quite pointed and succinct reply.
"No move to change the name of CRPS. The evidence is substantial that CRPS is a neuroinflammatory disease. The evidence that CRPS has an autoimmune component is also substantial. However, the link between autoimmune and neuroinflammation needs to further established." Dr Mark Cooper
American RSDHope and the RSDSA wanted to address this issue because it is so important to our community and to help ensure everyone better understands the terminology and where the current research stands. The key statement that Dr Cooper makes there is "No move to change the name of CRPS". That question seemed to be causing the most concern in the community.
Doctor Cooper wrote an excellent article titled "Imaging Neuroinflammation—An Important Advance for Pain Medicine"
In October of last year a workshop was held into this very topic. Here is a link that shows some of the topics and speakers.
This is just one in a series of workshops, more will be held in the future. These workshops are instrumental in this research as they bring together some of the top researchers from around the world in one forum to share ideas, information, and their past, current, and future research in various medical areas with the particular emphasis on helping in the diagnosis and treatment of Neuroinflammatory Disorders. This is not only about CRPS but for once, CRPS will lead the way!
These are just some of the questions that are floating around the CRPS community right now. Keith and Jim felt it was necessary for American RSDHope and the RSDSA to jointly address the issue, so that there was no confusion.
For the answers, Jim Broatch contacted Dr. Mark Cooper, a noted researcher, who has been studying this very connection, and Jim asked him these questions. This was his quite pointed and succinct reply.
"No move to change the name of CRPS. The evidence is substantial that CRPS is a neuroinflammatory disease. The evidence that CRPS has an autoimmune component is also substantial. However, the link between autoimmune and neuroinflammation needs to further established." Dr Mark Cooper
American RSDHope and the RSDSA wanted to address this issue because it is so important to our community and to help ensure everyone better understands the terminology and where the current research stands. The key statement that Dr Cooper makes there is "No move to change the name of CRPS". That question seemed to be causing the most concern in the community.
Doctor Cooper wrote an excellent article titled "Imaging Neuroinflammation—An Important Advance for Pain Medicine"
In October of last year a workshop was held into this very topic. Here is a link that shows some of the topics and speakers.
This is just one in a series of workshops, more will be held in the future. These workshops are instrumental in this research as they bring together some of the top researchers from around the world in one forum to share ideas, information, and their past, current, and future research in various medical areas with the particular emphasis on helping in the diagnosis and treatment of Neuroinflammatory Disorders. This is not only about CRPS but for once, CRPS will lead the way!
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