CRPS Treatment: pain in left hand, wrist and arm for 12 years

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CRPS Treatment: pain in left hand, wrist and arm for 12 years

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General details and patient's info

Gender:Female.
Age:34 years old at the time of treatment.
Home Country:USA.
Illness duration:12 years prior to the Neridronate Treatment.
Cause:Unknown.
Symptoms:Intense sharp pain going through the hand up to the shoulder; swelling of fingers; hand and forearm turn purple frequently; muscle atrophy: patient cannot hold anything with her left hand.
Clinical evaluation:CRPS. 
Time of treatment:October 2023.

Why the Patient decided to undergo the CRPS Treatment in Italy

This patient woke up one day with incredible sharp pain on her left hand, when she was 22. She never found of what triggered her CRPS. Since then, it has spread to her whole arm up to the shoulder. She has tried various treatment paths, from Ketamine infusions to a chiropractic program in which she stayed for weeks, but none of these options worked for her, the latest actually made it worse. She found out about Neridronate and MTI talking to another CPRS patient she met at the clinic and decided it would be her next step.

Medical treatment the Patient underwent in Italy

Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS) is a severely painful and disabling disease for which a multitude of therapeutic interventions have been proposed. In the past two decades, only Bisphosphonates gained credibility. In recent years, more convincing evidence has become available on the use of Parenteral Neridronate. Since 2014, this drug is registered and marketed in Italy for the treatment of CRPS. To date, the only therapeutic schedule that is recognized to be able to confer benefit is the intravenous (IV) administration of 100 mg given 4 times.

4 neridronate infusions (100mg, I.v. in saline Solution 0,9% 250 ml)

See the Official Study on the Oxford Academics website: https://academic.oup.com/rheumatology/article/52/3/534/1777330
4 Clodronate infusions(100mg, I.v. in saline Solution 0,9% 250 ml)
Sessions with Health Coach.
Sessions with Nutritionist.
3 sessions Neuromuscular Rehabilitation Treatment Treatment with Physiotherapist.
Rehabilitation therapy is a full body workout which focuses on the general wellbeing of the body, to help the affected limb get back to its normal self.
8 days Light Therapy (in hotel room, 30+ more minutes each day)
30 minutes or more of usage of the MTI Light Therapy reduces inflammation, increase micro-circulation, relax nerves and muscles, reduces pain transmission, accelerates healing, regenerates cells, and promotes cells activation.
8 nights Biophysical Treatment (5 hours each night while the patients are asleep)
MTI’s Biophysical Treatment is the outcome of 25 years of research and studies. It has been certified by the best Italian Universities, partners from both public and private teams. The Biophysical treatment acts on the roots of the disease, brings relief to the inflammatory condition, helps the cells regeneration, the oxygenation, the micro-circulation, and the lymphatic system.

Daily Report

DAY 1: Arrival at the Venice airport, greeted by her Patient Manager, followed by check-in at her Hotel in Verona. Briefing focused on the next days.

DAY 2: Rest day in the hotel, in contact with her Patient Manager.

DAY 3: Morning pick-up by her Patient Manager, 1st visit with the Rheumatologist Professor, 1st Rehabilitation session, and 1st infusions. Session with Health Coach.

DAY 4: Morning pick-up by her Patient Manager, 2nd infusions. Session with Nutritionist. Tourism in Soave and dinner there.

DAY 5: Rest day in the hotel, in contact with her Patient Manager.

DAY 6: Morning pick-up by her Patient Manager, 2nd Rehabilitation session and 3rd infusions. Tourism and shopping in Verona.

DAY 7: Morning pick-up by her Patient Manager, 3rd Rehabilitation session, 4th infusions and 2nd visit with the Rheumatologist Professor. Session with Nutritionist and Health Coach.

DAY 8: Rest day in the hotel, in contact with her Patient Manager.

DAY 9: Pick-up by her Patient Manager, check-out, and drop-off at the Venice airport for her trip back home.

Follow up

JANUARY 2024 (3 months after Neridronate treatment): The patient notices improvement in her skin sensitivity, she also is able to move her hand more easily. The work she did with the health coach and the nutritionist are helping her exercises and eat in a way that helps the inflammation caused by her CRPS, which has helped reduce her pain level from 7 to 5 in the last months.

APRIL 2024 (6 months after Neridronate treatment): The patient is now able to hold object in her hand as the muscle atrophy as drastically improved following the Health Coach exercises. She says her pain levels are between 4 and 5 now, and she has not seen a change in color of her hand or swelling in the last months.

Conclusion

This patient had been fighting CRPS for 12 years, it is always difficult to predict the kind of results that can be expected for long CRPS cases. However, after treatment, this patient ended up dropping pain levels from 7 to 4, being able to hold things in her hand which she could not do before due to the atrophy and skin sensitivity in her hand, and does not experience swelling or change in color anymore. All together, these are great improvements and both the patient and her medical team are happy about the results.
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DISCLAIMER
This is not a medical case study; it merely describes each patient’s journey, and it omits all personal data. The people who redacted it are not doctors but all the facts reported are objective and represent the patient’s reality thanks to the information in our possession. The report is not part of any clinical trials. It was written to provide more information to patients who have made multiple requests for treatment outcomes of cases like theirs.