A YORKSHIRE woman has had her leg amputated after a “paper cut”-sized wound sparked agony 17 years ago. Rebecca Humphreys from Wakefield, 33, spent most of her life in torture and becam…
Now Rebecca is recovering from her amputation which is still painful, but she's dreaming of the day she can walk her dogs with her prosthetic leg.
Her mum Theresa, also from Wakefield, said: "It is more manageable. She was right all along. She was telling people all along since she was 15."For years they could not decide what it was that she had. She has been on painkillers since she was 15.She spoke about the doctors' actions 17 years ago: "They didn't do a blood test or an MRI scan. The foot looked ok on the outside.
"It was a trauma injury. Her auto immune system should have switched off but it never did. They just thought it was in her head."CRPS is a poorly understood condition where a person experiences persistent severe and debilitating pain. Most cases of CRPS are triggered by an injury, but the pain is more severe and long-lasting than it should be.The skin of this limb can become so sensitive that a slight touch, bump or even a change in temperature can cause intense pain.
Affected areas can also become swollen, stiff or undergo fluctuating changes in colour or temperature.Causes are unknown and it used to be thought that CRPS was a psychosomatic condition - where the symptoms are "all in the mind" - but research has disproved this.Rebecca, who is so much happier now, with her mum
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