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Nearly every person with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) had reduced blood flow in the brain when they stood up, a phenomenon linked with orthostatic intolerance, that is, symptoms such as dizziness on standing up from sitting or lying down, a study shows. Hallmark features of hEDS, the most common…

Adolescents with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) are less active than their peers and tend to have more fatigue and negative mentalities about pain, a study reports. While hypermobile participants spent significantly more of their waking hours engaged in sedentary behavior and less in moderate-to-vigorous physical activity, they moved a…

A young man with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) developed a cerebral air embolism caused by air entering blood vessels in his brain that was difficult to diagnose and illustrated the importance of carefully reviewing CT scans. “Prompt identification of cerebral air embolism allows supportive measures to be started to…

For people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), intense pain in several body regions correlates with symptoms of depression and pain-related anxiety, a study reports. Depressive symptoms were associated most strongly with pain intensity in the lower extremities and in the abdomen. “This is the first study on patients with…

People with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (vEDS) more commonly experience artery problems than people with other disorders that are also marked by weakened blood vessels, a new study reports. The findings could help guide more personalized care and monitoring based on each individual’s condition, researchers said. “Tailored surveillance and management…

People with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) show signs of dysfunction in small nerve fibers, those that detect pain and temperature and regulate automatic body functions such as heart rate and blood pressure, according to a small study. A loss of small nerve fiber function was more pronounced in hEDS…

Although people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) may not have many measurable cognitive deficits, they are more likely to experience subjective cognitive challenges and difficulty participating in social activities than their peers without the disorder, a study reports. “We speculate that the cognitive difficulties noted by many of the…

Abnormally arranged collagen fibrils, the protein building blocks of connective tissue, in the colon may help explain gastrointestinal problems in people with the rare musculocontractural form of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), a mouse study suggested. Researchers noted that the defective collagen assembly seen in the colon of these mice is…

People with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) and hypermobile joints generally have similar or slightly worse outcomes after surgery for shoulder, knee, and hip joint instability, compared with those without hypermobility, according to a review study. However, patients with hypermobility conditions (when joints move past the normal range of motion) have…

A national program at the University of Virginia (UVA) will provide comprehensive support for connective tissue disorders such as Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS), which are generally characterized by hypermobile joints. With a targeted opening date for late this year or early 2026, the program will include multidisciplinary specialists to provide…