Dermatology Advisor

Challenges and Progress in Diagnosing Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

We spoke with multiple experts to discuss the challenges and developments in diagnosing Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome.
Newsweek

What Is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome? Jameela Jamil Explains Diagnosis

Jameela Jamil showed how "elastic" her skin was and how "everything bends the wrong way" on her body to explain Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS). The Good Place actress showed how the syndrome affected ...
Everyday Health

What Is Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?

Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) is a genetic condition present at birth that involves problems with the body’s connective tissues. Connective tissues make up and support how the body is held together — ...

Changing the paradigm on hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Connective tissues don't tell the whole story

Recent research from the Medical University of South Carolina laboratory of Russell Norris, Ph.D., challenges the notion that ...
PopSugar

Jameela Jamil Shows Her "Elastic" Skin as She Opens Up About Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Jameela Jamil took to Instagram during Christmas week 2022 to inform her followers about the health condition she lives with. The video shows the "She-Hulk" star pulling the skin on her face outward ...
Business Insider

At age 59, I was diagnosed with a condition that makes my skin stretchy and my joints overly flexible. I'm glad it didn't happen earlier.

I was diagnosed with Ehlers-Danlos syndrome in 2021 at age 59. I'm glad I didn't know about my diagnosis before because my childhood would've been different. I now know what I need to do to take care ...
Medscape

The Clinical Presentation of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

In adults the joint pain and fatigue associated with hypermobility-type EDS can be misdiagnosed as chronic fatigue syndrome, hypochondriasis, or depression. [25] Vascular-type EDS may also be confused ...