Symptoms vary widely based on which type of EDS the patient has. In each case, however, the symptoms are ultimately due to faulty or reduced amounts of Type III collagen. EDS most typically affects the joints, skin, and blood vessels, the major signs and symptoms include:
- Highly flexible fingers and toes
- Loose, unstable joints that are prone to: sprains, dislocations, subluxations (partial dislocations), hyperextension(double jointedness) [3]
- Flat feet
- High and narrow palate, resulting in dental crowding
- Easy bruising
- Fragile blood vessels resulting from cystic medial necrosis with tendency towards aneurysm (even abdominal aortic aneurysm)
- Velvety-smooth skin which may be stretchy
- Abnormal wound healing and scar formation
- Low muscle tone and Muscle weakness
- Early onset of osteoarthritis
- Cardiac effects: Dysautonomia usually accompanied by Valvular heart disease (such as mitral valve prolapse, which creates an increased risk for infective endocarditis during surgery, as well as possibly progressing to a life-threatening degree of severity of the prognosis of mitral valve prolapse) [4]
There are other symptoms, but these are the main ones & i have like 6 of them.... lol
