Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, Hypermobility Type (formerly type III)
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This type affects approximately 1 in 5,000 to 1 in 20,000 people. Signs and symptoms include:
- Loose, unstable joints with many dislocations and subluxations (partial dislocations)
- Extreme hypermobility
- Easy bruising
- Extreme chronic fatigue and pain
- Chronic degenerative joint disease
- Advanced premature osteoarthritis with chronic pain
- Heart valve problems (mitral valve prolapse and aortic root dilation)
- Skin is usually soft and velvetly and may be mildly hyperflexible
- Severe chronic pain
- Spontaneous skin cuts or tears
- Atrophic ("cigarette paper") scars
- Surgical complications
- Ruptures of tendons, ligaments, vessels, or other internal organs
- Thin, translucent skin
- Recurrent or incisional hernias
- Dental crowding
- High, narrow pallette
- Neurally-mediated hypotension or postural orthostatic tachycardia (Dysautonomia)
- Functional bowel disorders
- Young children are the most hypermobile
- Women are usually more hypermobile than men
- Temporomandibular joint dysfunction
- Osteoporosis
- Myofascial pain
- Neuropathic pain
- Pelvic prolapse
- Anxiety and depression caused by EDS
- Scientists do not have the gene for H-EDS specified yet, so there is no blood test
- The Beighton Score is part of the diagnosis process of H-EDS
- Passed down as an autosomal dominant gene
- 50% of passing down H-EDS to children
- Estimated prevalence is guessed at 1 in 5,000 or 1 in 20,000
- There is no way of knowing how many people are undiagnosed with EDS
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