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Welcome to the Show

Good day and welcome to this week’s episode of the Nursing Show podcast for nurses, by nurses. I’m your host Jamie Davis and I’d like to take this opportunity to thank you for checking out the show this week. First up in this week’s episode, we look at a disease called Reflex Sympathetic Dystrophy Syndrome. I chat with two people from the RSDS Association about this disorder including a nurse who’s been living with this disease for quite some time.
We’ll also have a segment on pediatric dentistry and what it can mean for nurses who interact with pediatric patients or their parents. We’ll have that and more later in this episode after the news.
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News:
Coming up right now is a segment with someone from the American Association of Pediatric Dentistry to share a variety of important ways parents can both recognize potential problems for their children’s oral health and outline the actions they can take to prevent any issues. Check it out.
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Tip Segment:
Reflex sympathetic dystrophy, also known as complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), is a chronic neuropathic pain condition that can arise from trauma of any kind. It can be the result of something as minor as a blood draw that initiates a reaction. The condition arises more frequently than many emergency physicians may realize: roughly 3 percent of patients suffering a Colles fracture develop CRPS. Often the traumatic event cannot be remembered, and CRPS has been associated with trauma happening anywhere from a day to a year after the event. Its most consistent feature, however, is how often physicians and other health professionals fail to make the diagnosis on initial presentation. Check out this interview that will teach you more about this rare illness and how to help recognize it in your patients.
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