Rosario had been suffering from Sudeck’s syndrome or complex regional pain syndrome for 12 years. She and her father, Manuel, tell us what they had to go through.

‘As she said, it has been 12 years of purgatory,’ says Manuel, Rosario’s father, recalling the difficult road they have travelled until they overcame Sudeck’s syndrome, also known as complex regional pain syndrome.

Rosario, a woman who for more than a decade lived with the intense pain and limitations caused by this disease, shares her testimony of overcoming and hope after a successful surgical procedure that changed her life.

Sudeck’s syndrome is a chronic musculoskeletal disease characterised by debilitating symptoms: joint stiffness, burning sensation, skin hypersensitivity, severe swelling, redness and abnormal sweating. This disorder, which can affect limbs such as hands, forearms, feet and legs, is most common in women aged 40-60, although cases in young people have been increasing.

‘Today I am very happy, satisfied and going about my normal life. What fills me most is knowing that the pains are behind me and I am living like a normal person’, says Rosario with emotion, after undergoing a surgical procedure that required a meticulous analysis and a high level of technical skill on the part of the specialists.

Manuel, her father, highlights the positive impact that this recovery has had not only on Rosario, but on the whole family: ‘Seeing her happy and pain-free after so much suffering is the greatest thing you can ask for as a father’.

Rosario’s experience serves as a reminder of the devastating impact Sudeck syndrome can have on people’s lives and the importance of access to specialised diagnosis and treatment. Her story, full of challenges but also hope, inspires others going through similar situations and shows that overcoming is possible.

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