Dysautonomia

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Up Close and Personal: Our Team’s Favorite Go-To Support Aids for EDS/HSD

This month, we wanted to give you a peek into the daily lives of our team members by asking them to share a few of their favorite go-to supportive items for Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) or hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD). While these aids might be what work for us personally, we hope they offer inspiration and ideas to help you live your life to the fullest with EDS/HSD.

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Research Round-Up, Edition Three

Welcome back to Research Round-up where we feature some of the latest developments in Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (EDS) research. Hitch up your horse, gather ‘round the campfire, and see what we have in store for you today. ICYMI: a possible blood test for hEDS? Cardiology“Longitudinal echocardiography in pediatric patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome”Published in the American […]

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New Research Study Finds Everything is Connected, As Many Patients Suspected

A wake-up call to the medical community sent directly with data from commercial health insurers A new study focused on the prevalence of multisystem diagnoses among hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) patients sheds light on a critical aspect of this complex condition: the widespread systemic impact it has on the body and the connection to other […]

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POTS vs. Anxiety: The Misdiagnosis Maze

In this article, there will be facts and opinions. Please take as such and ensure you speak with a well-trained healthcare or mental health provider to ensure you get the best care for dysautonomia and/or anxiety disorders to ensure you are correctly diagnosed and treated. This is not medical advice, but one person’s lived experience […]

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Research Round-Up, Edition 2

→ BREAKING NEWS: Study finds biomarker that could lead to a blood test for hEDS & HSD ← Welcome back to the Research Round-Up, a summary of medical news you can use. We’ve got a lot of great research for you this month, so giddy up and git going! Yee-haw! If you have an article […]

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Research Round-Up, Edition One

Welcome, pardner, to our new feature, Research Round-up! In each issue, we’ll bring you summaries of some of the latest EDS research to hit the medical journals. We’ll usually have five or so articles, but we’ve got a special edition this time—10 articles for your information and enjoyment! Yee-haw! Hitch up your horse, grab a […]

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Books on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

With growing awareness about the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes, varying resources in different types of media developed over the last years. Our Chronic Pain Partners’ Team is collecting their favorite books, podcasts and films on EDS and its comorbid condition in a series of listicles you will find on our website over the next months. We are […]

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We Are Visible Too, Episode 2: Caitlin O’Donnell

We Are Visible (Too) is an ongoing mini-film series portraying people with EDS all across the globe. In this mini-documentary series, we will continue on the We Are Visible  – a feature-length film about people with EDS – journey and add a variety of 5 – 10 minute videos of other people across the country […]