What is Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder (HSD) versus Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS)

Did you know there are 13 types of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome?!

Or that they don't all involve hypermobility?

This also means people can be hypermobile, or have Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder (HSD) without Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (hEDS).

If you're interested in learning more straight from the Zebras' mouths, I've pulled some resources you can review.

(As of yet, the only one that doesn't have a direct cause is hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, which looks like it has been a category since 2017.)

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Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome

Here is an overview of all of the EDS classifications as well as diagnostic criteria.

• Read a little about the history of EDS

• Check this one out for a breakdown of types

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Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder

• What is Hypermobile Spectrum Disorder?

• Am I hypermobile?

  • Assess your hypermobility with the Beighton Test

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HSD vs hEDS - Which is it?!

This is one of my favorites to more easily understand the diagnostic differences between hEDS and HSD if you're exploring for yourself.

• More on HSD vs hEDS here and here

Hope this was helpful!

Shauna

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