Definition:
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a hereditary disorder affecting the body's connective tissue. Symptoms may include loose joints, velvety skin, scoliosis and low muscle tone. There are six major types of EDS:
- Hypermobility, the most common type, in which joints dislocate frequently
- Classical, in which the skin is stretchy and easily bruised, in addition to joint hypermobility
- Vascular, the most serious type, in which skin is thin and transparent and blood vessels easily rupture
- Kyphoscoliosis, which includes severe low muscle tone
- Arthrochalasia, marked by hip dislocation
- Dermatosparaxis, with extremely fragile and bruisable skin.
Also Known As: EDS
