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No cure for Ehlers–Danlos syndrome is known, and treatment is supportive. Close monitoring of the cardiovascular system, physiotherapy, occupational therapy, and orthopedic instruments (e.g., wheelchairs, bracing, casting) may be helpful. This can help stabilize the joints and prevent injury.
Other associations with AMPS include Ehlers-danlos syndrome, myositis, arthritis, and other rheumatologic diseases. [3] Treatment for notable pain intensity without identifiable pathophysiology can include psychotherapy to alleviate psychological stress.
Joint hypermobility is often correlated with hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome (hEDS, known also by EDS type III or Ehlers–Danlos syndrome hypermobility type (EDS-HT)). Ehlers–Danlos syndrome is a genetic disorder caused by mutations or hereditary genes, but the genetic defect that produced hEDS is largely unknown. In conjunction with ...
In particular, musculoskeletal involvement is a requirement for diagnosis with any form of hypermobility spectrum disorder but not for hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. Like hypermobile Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, hypermobility spectrum disorders are associated with orthostatic tachycardia, gastrointestinal disorders, and pelvic and bladder ...
Dural ectasia is common in Marfan syndrome, [3] occurring in 63–92% of people with the syndrome. [11] It may also occur in Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome , neurofibromatosis type I , [ 12 ] ankylosing spondylitis , [ 1 ] and is associated with spondylolisthesis , vertebral fractures, [ 13 ] scoliosis , tumors or trauma .
She was then diagnosed with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome and Postural orthostatic tachycardia ... After two-and-a-half years of pain management and rehabilitation, she ...
Levine works with a team of faculty, students, and local partners to investigate different treatments for individuals with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome. [7] [8] Most recently Levine and colleagues conducted research on occupational interventions for clients with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome in the presence of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome.
Individuals with Ehlers–Danlos syndrome also commonly experience wound dehiscence. [5] Risk factors for dehiscence can include any of the above, as well as obesity, smoking, previous scarring, surgical error, cancer, chronic use of corticosteroids and increased abdominal pressure. A very common cause is also use of nicotine in any form. [1]