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Chronic Pain: Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, Prevention, and Management

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THis book , written by my wife's doctor, is absolutley the best resource for information on this debilitating disease. It is incomprehensible to the general public how all of this can be going on inside of the human body at one time, causing pain rated second only to cancer. If you or a loved one have Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy, this book is a must have addition to your library.

RSD patients hsitorically have had to to seek out information for themselves on the nightmare called RSD as information and treatment move slowly down the medical and insurance pipeline. Although most patients and their families will not be able to completly understand the more clinical aspects of RSD discussed in this book, they can still glean basic information regarding currently available treatments and Dr. Hooshman gives space to a recommended diet. RSD patients often are given only minimal information/instruction about their condition and although some of the clincial aspects of this book may be frightening, most RSD patients desperate for a return to health and pain free living will work their way through the portions of this book that are helpful to patient and layman and avert their eyes from the portions that they are yet ready to learn about. Three cheers to Dr. Hooshman for publishing this valuable volume.

My husband being recently diagnosed with this terrible painful condition has read several books about this RSD and truly finds this one superior and easy to understand and gives plenty of advice. This is a MUST read for anybody with this disorder.

If you have RSD, Dr. Hooshmund has now retired, however, he is 'the' Doc in inderstanding RSD. So even though it is a medical text, it is a wonderful book to have if you have this condition, or have a family member who does. Or if you know of someone with the condition, it would make the best gift to them (after you have read some of it yourself).

You will not get the information in any other book or article. it tells of an amino acid that we need that gets drained from our bodies and other pertinent information.

This book is an excellent resource for doctor's or patients with RSD. It is comprehensive and scientific.

This book is excellent. A difficult subject made understandable. I read it after extreme suffering for about 2 years. That was 1994. I went looking for Dr. Hooshmand and took my wife to see him in Vero Beach. She did well and he helped me a great deal both as in my medical understanding as well as in dealing with pain without use of narcotics. We had been to many physians and done multiple therapies prior to reading his book. Dr. Hooshmand outlined what was wrong and gave a course of care that went as he said it would. I was intending to pass on my gratitude to him and just found out he has retired. He had written a great deal of medical literature and I find his studies all most interesting.

I find the book interesting to read
But the discussion on the topic on mechanism
producing the vicious cycle of sympathetically
maintained pain should be improved
The price is rather high for a narrow topic