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Research updates, November 10
A new study found that people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS) were three times more likely to develop Long COVID than those without the syndrome. The study was published in PLOS Digital Health and assessed the electronic health records of nearly 20 million Americans.
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Getting diagnosed with hypermobility can help some people with Long COVID. Upcoming guidelines may make it easier.
Current diagnostic criteria for hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), a common comorbidity of Long COVID, are restrictive. The Ehlers-Danlos Society is developing new hEDS criteria that will be released in 2026.
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This surgery fuses people’s skulls to their spines to treat a condition overlapping with myalgic encephalomyelitis
A growing number of doctors agree that a minority of people with severe ME are like Brea: Some of their symptoms are caused by cranio-cervical instability linked to connective tissue disorders. Viruses including SARS-CoV-2 have been shown to degrade connective tissue, Ruhoy points out, which could be a big issue for people with Long COVID…
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Double trouble: Hypermobility may increase Long Covid risk
“For a middle-aged woman who hasn’t had any actual injuries, I’ve had a huge amount of physical therapy,” says Liza DiLeo Thomas, a 52-year-old emergency medicine doctor in New Orleans and mom to five kids. “My neck muscles were always weak, my knees were bad. In retrospect, I was actually hypermobile, I just didn’t realize…
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