- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Overview Ehlers-Danlos syndrome is a group of inherited disorders that affect your connective tissues — primarily your skin, joints and blood vessel walls Connective tissue is a complex mixture of proteins and other substances that provide strength and elasticity to the underlying structures in your body
- Connective Tissue Disorder Clinic - Overview - Mayo Clinic
If clinical findings — such as loose skin, joint hypermobility, vascular aneurysms — or family history indicates a connective tissue disorder, additional evaluation by a geneticist is appropriate Other subspecialties involved in Mayo Clinic's Connective Tissue Disorder Clinic include physical medicine and rehabilitation, pain rehabilitation and others as needed Our team of experts works
- Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome Clinic in Florida - Overview
Mayo Clinic Connect: Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome The Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) Clinic on Mayo Clinic's campus in Jacksonville, Florida, offers comprehensive evaluation by doctors with expertise in caring for people with every form of EDS, including the rare and complex — EDS of known genetic causes, hypermobile EDS and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD) They evaluate, diagnose and develop
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - Diagnosis and treatment - Mayo Clinic
Diagnosis Extremely loose joints, fragile or stretchy skin, and a family history of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome are often enough to make a diagnosis Genetic tests on a sample of your blood can confirm the diagnosis in rarer forms of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and help rule out other problems For hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, the most common form, there is no genetic testing available
- Ehlers-Danlos syndrome - Doctors and departments - Mayo Clinic
Learn about these complex genetic disorders that cause problems with connective tissue in the skin, joints and blood vessel walls
- Marfan syndrome - Symptoms and causes - Mayo Clinic
Overview Marfan syndrome is an inherited disorder that affects connective tissue — the fibers that support and anchor your organs and other structures in your body Marfan syndrome most commonly affects the heart, eyes, blood vessels and skeleton People with Marfan syndrome are usually tall and thin with unusually long arms, legs, fingers and toes The damage caused by Marfan syndrome can
- Publications - Bala Munipalli, M. D. - Mayo Clinic
Knight DRT, Bruno KA, Singh A, Munipalli B, Gajarawala S, Solomon M, Kocsis SC, Darakjian AA, Jain A, Whelan ER, Kotha A, Gorelov DJ, Phillips SD, Fairweather D Cardiac defects of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome and hypermobility spectrum disorders: a retrospective cohort study Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:1332508 Epub 2024 Mar 18 View
- CSF leak (Cerebrospinal fluid leak) - Symptoms and causes
There are two distinct types of CSF leaks: spinal CSF leaks and cranial CSF leaks Each type has different symptoms, causes and treatments A spinal CSF leak occurs anywhere in the spinal column The most common symptom of a spinal CSF leak is a headache A cranial CSF leak occurs in the skull, and often causes symptoms such as clear fluid leaking from the nose or ear Some CSF leaks may heal
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