FK Action Project for Disease Unit#1 " CRPS So Painful it's Ridiculous"
Hello reader, this is my action project for a class I am in called Disease. In this course my class and I are learning about the functions and malfunctions of the human body. For this action project I chose a disease that's affected my life, whether that be a disease I have or a disease someone in my life struggles with. The disease I chose is called Complex Regional Pain Syndrome or CRPS for short.Enjoy! Simplified diagram of nervous system: Complex regional pain syndrome (CRPS), is a non - communicable disease that affects the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous system.The parasympathetic nervous system is the part of the nervous system that controls involuntary action of our nervous system such as blinking, breathing, etc. The disease is caused by damage to a nerve. In my diagram you can see I listed the Intercostal nerve, the Tibial nerve, and the Radial nerve. I listed these three nerves because they are the most commonly affected by CRPS. Almost always CRPS is caused b...