Jessica Grace is 14 and her problem is a puzzle. No one at Great Ormond Street has seen anything quite like this before. It’s been diagnosed as a form of reflex sympathetic dystrophy, or RSD, a disorder in which abnormal normal pain messages are sent to the brain.
Well, I have RSD in my leg and it’s atypical, so it constantly sorts of spasming and shaking.
Jessica’s symptoms are completely different from the usual ones. She’s being treated by specialist physiotherapist Sue Mellard. Read the full story here ▶
