Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Blog

Patients with EDS/HSD shoulder a burdensome workload living with a misunderstood condition. Typically, workloads include managing treatment plans, frequent appointments, maintaining a healthy lifestyle, and…

  Exercise is an important component of health and wellness in many chronic conditions, and especially for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders…

For many patients living with HSD/EDS, functional disorders of the gastrointestinal tract can be very hard to manage.  Here we would like to provide some…

We are seeing a high percentage of patients with EDS and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder who also have Fibromyalgia.  We are studying the question of why?…

There are many modalities patients can choose from for treatment of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder (HSD). Overarching all of them, is…

Among many special considerations for patients with EDS undergoing medical treatments, there are especially unique aspects to skin surgery or other procedures.  If you have…

  “Pelvic health” refers to the health of the body parts that are “below the belt” in both women and men. This includes the bladder…

Authors: DeLisa Fairweather, PhD and Katelyn Bruno, PhD There are many topics of research on Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) that patients are interested in. We have…

  Have you ever wondered what the typical EDS patient looks like? As a benefit to the Ehlers Danlos Syndrome care at Mayo Clinic, patient…

  Do you ever wonder if your ideas could make a difference? As part of the development process in treating patients with EDS, we invited…

The long-standing Mayo Clinic Model of Care serves as a well-established foundation for our multidisciplinary Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Clinic. The EDS Clinic at Mayo Clinic…

  Welcome to the Mayo Clinic Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome page. We are pleased to offer this resource within the Mayo Clinic Connect community. Whether you are…