Do individuals with CRPS go into remission or do their symptoms worsen during pregnancy?
Once again, it should be stressed that there is very little in the literature on this topic. However, in my practice we have noted that for the most part during pregnancy, CRPS symptoms are less severe. We have not seen an exacerbation of the CRPS as a consequence of pregnancy. Are there treatments for CRPS that do not affect the fetus? Spinal cord stimulation (SCS) is a technique that utilizes electricity applied to the spinal cord to treat CRPS as a means to allow for physical rehabilitation. The spine insulates the electrical field from the uterus so the fetus is not affected by SCS. We have had numerous patients with SCS implanted prior to pregnancy who have delivered normal children. Is CRPS genetic? There is nothing in the literature to suggest that CRPS is hereditary, nor does the number of cases of identical twins who both have this disease statistically suggest that CRPS is hereditary. Were CRPS genetic, there would be a high probability of identical twins both having the synd
