Adolescents with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) or hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) are more sensitive to pain in different areas of their body, a recent study shows. Exercise was found to help reduce pain sensitivity in both groups for the muscles involved, though not equally in the muscles tested.
A first case of dermatofibromas — benign and firm skin nodules, often darker than the patient’s skin color — has been reported in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) in a young woman in Iran. “To our knowledge, this combination of findings is a previously unreported occurrence,” the researchers wrote in…
Lower heart function and larger heart size in vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) patients were linked to a higher risk of dissections (ruptures) or aneurysms (bulges) in arteries, according to a study. “Our study sheds light on the subtle [heart muscle] abnormalities in vEDS,” the researchers wrote. “A multidisciplinary approach…
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