Does anyone know the difference between Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and Hypermobility!
Question: And is exercise harmful to the joints and muscle or does it help?
Recently diagnosed but my doctors don't know which one I should be classified as
Answers: And is exercise harmful to the joints and muscle or does it help?
Recently diagnosed but my doctors don't know which one I should be classified as
Benign Hypermobility Syndrome is one of the names of Hypermobility Syndrome. Other names are double jointed or loose joints or hyperlaxivity.
It is called benign in difference to the malign types like some of the Ehlers- Danlos syndromes with a lot of problems with internal organs and in difference to Marfansydrom, which people unrecognized often die off between 20 and 40 years old by an Aorta rupture. These people have a Hypermobility Syndrome too, but it is not called benign. So benign means that you normally gets as old as the average of people withoutbenign hypermobility syndrome.
Ehlers affects all the conective tissue in the body and Hyper only affects joints I believe. Excercise is always good and should not be affected by either. Please make sure you consult your doctor before you try anything new. Good luck and God Bless.
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome : http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehlers-Danl...
Hypermobility: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hypermobili...
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