Ehlers-Danlos syndrome & HMS support + discussion

Excellent article here with an interview with Professor Rodney Grahame - for those who don't know, he's one of the best-known and highest-ranked experts in connective tissue disorders in England, based out of London's University College Hospital. The article and interview talk about hypermobility syndrome and the similarity of it and Ehlers-Danlos syndrome type 3 to each other.

http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_hb4365/is_20_43/ai_n56630979/

Also, ow, my ribs hurt. Dammit EDS.

Hello and welcome, to anyone who comes across this community!

Please, if you have any interest in EDS of any type or all types, or hypermobility syndrome, stick around! :) You don't have to have the condition to join the community. I hope to build this into a good resource for support and research for people who do have EDS and their friends and families, and anyone who's just interested in learning about it.

I wish everyone the very best in dealing with what is a very complicated illness, especially if you are here looking for information because you've just been diagnosed with it. I plan on making a comprehensive link list to sites that provide accurate information about the various types and posting new medical articles I find, or linking to them, in the future. If anyone would like to help me do this for a specific type of EDS - I have hypermobility type without significant crossover features, so I'm not as 'up on' new research for the other types as I am on my own - please let me know, I'd really appreciate the help.

Welcome, and I hope this community can be of use and help to you!

~ Trialia

( Details about EDS and HMS, for those who are new to this. )