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So it's been 5 months and still have no answers! my right hand only has been burning on fire, turning the brightest red and purple and doubling in size from the other arm. 5 specialists and nothing! ?
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Hand red and swollen: After excluding, connective tissue disease, fractures, and other rare mechanisms it is possible to acquire a variant of reflex sympathetic dystrophy. Discuss this with your doc.
Answered 5/21/2013
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