Chronic Illness on Yik Yak | hot take (?) you need to get genetic testing even if you only suspect hEDS (it has no known genetic marker atm). you may fit the dx criteria for hEDS but actually be carrying a vascular variant and it’s super dangerous to not know

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Chronic Illness 17w

hot take (?) you need to get genetic testing even if you only suspect hEDS (it has no known genetic marker atm). you may fit the dx criteria for hEDS but actually be carrying a vascular variant and it’s super dangerous to not know

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Anonymous 17w

Many places won’t test unless you show vascular-specific symptoms, not just anyone with EDS characteristics

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