As with most medical conditions, your doctor will take a comprehensive history and perform a physical exam. Some of the aforementioned symptoms may be evident.
Conventional testing such as x-ray, CAT scan and MRI will serve only to eliminate other possible disorders but will not confirm the diagnosis of CRPS. Nuclear bone scans, once though to be a diagnostic aid have proven otherwise.
I have found that the only test that has proven to be accurate is thermography or Infrared imaging which will show the sympathetic dysfunction and identify the disorder. This test is contact-free and painless making it ideal for a pain-afflicted individual.
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