Joint Hypermobility Syndromes, including Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome,
are being diagnosed in some
adolescents with CFS, FM, and OI:
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"Among patients with CFS and orthostatic intolerance, a subset also has
(Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome).
We propose that the
occurrence of these syndromes together can be attributed
to the abnormal connective tissue in dependent blood vessels of those with EDS,
which permits veins to distend excessively in response to ordinary hydrostatic
pressures."
~ Peter Rowe, MD et al
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- Barron DF, Cohen BA, Geraghty MT, Violand R, Rowe PC. Joint
hypermobility is more common in children with chronic fatigue syndrome than
in healthy controls.
J Pediatr. 2002 Sep;141(3):421-425.
- Rowe PC, Barron DF, Calkins H, Maumenee IH, Tong PY, Geraghty MT:
Orthostatic intolerance and chronic fatigue syndrome associated with
Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. The Journal of Pediatrics. October 1999; 135(4).
Summary of Findings
- Gedalia A, Press J, Klein M, Buskila D.
Joint
hypermobility and fibromyalgia in schoolchildren. Ann Rheum Dis.
1993 Jul;52(7):494-6.
- Gedalia A, Garcia CO, Molina JF, Bradford NJ, Espinoza LR.
Fibromyalgia
syndrome: experience in a pediatric rheumatology clinic.
Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2000 May-Jun;18(3):415-9.
- Grahame R.
Pain,
distress and joint hyperlaxity. Joint Bone Spine. 2000;67(3):157-63. Review.
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
Arthritis Foundation
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
University of Washington, Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine
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