Plug Into AMPS: It's Not What You Think It Is!

Itchy and Bitchy

Karen Nickell

Sexuality, Medicine, Health & Fitness

4.8 • 1.7K Ratings

🗓️ 17 September 2022

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Karen shares important information on a childhood pain syndrome and how to treat it.

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0:00.0	The content of this podcast is provided for general informational purposes only and is not intended as,
0:06.3	nor should it be considered a substitute for professional medical advice.
0:20.8	I am Karen Nichol, family nurse practitioner, and you are listening to Ichi and Bicci,
0:27.3	a podcast that provides answers to your many unanswered health questions.
0:33.4	I have an acquaintance whose 16-year-old daughter has been diagnosed with something called Amps,
0:40.8	which stands for Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome. And her daughter is seeing a neurologist,
0:48.4	but her current regimen is apparently not providing any symptom relief for her daughter.
0:54.6	I thought since I will be sharing some treatment information with this concerned mother that I
0:59.8	should share it with you too, it could help a lot of children out there who are not getting
1:06.1	diagnosed with this problem. Amps, again, stands for Amplified Musculoskeletal Pain Syndrome,
1:13.8	and is a condition in which the person has chronic pain in the muscles, joints, or other parts of
1:20.2	the body, and occurs without any underlying injury or inflammation. Today, I'm going to share
1:27.6	information with you specifically about pediatric Amps. This is the syndrome that occurs in children.
1:37.0	Amps pain can affect the entire body, in other words, whole body pain, and this form is often
1:44.1	called fibromyalgia. Amps pain can also be localized to a specific part of the body,
1:51.8	in which case it is sometimes called complex regional pain syndrome or CRPS. Sometimes, in
1:59.4	addition to the pain, the limb involved will have swelling and will become cold and blue.
2:06.2	The pain doesn't have to be present in the muscles or joints specifically, it could also be present
2:11.9	as an abdominal pain, for instance. Other symptoms can include aledinia, which is pain caused by
2:19.8	something that should not really cause pain, like a touch or putting on a sock. Other symptoms are
2:27.3	headaches, cool skin, or skin discoloration, as I mentioned, swelling, difficulty with movement,
2:34.8	stiffness, or tremors. The pain episodes can be intermittent, or they could be constant.
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