🧐 Can mold cause Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes (EDS) or Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders (HSD)? The short answer: no — no connective tissue disorder like EDS or HSD is DIRECTLY caused by mold illness. However, mold exposure can activate your immune system (and your mast cells in particular). When mast cells degranulate, they release substances (mediators) that can impact connective tissue and cause weakening and stretchiness that can look similar to EDS or HSD. Some of my patients report that they di

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What we wish you knew about Ehlers Danlos Syndromes & Hypermobility Spectrum Disorder this EDS & HSD Awareness Month! 1.EDS & HSD are a spectrum & can affect people with the same type very differently, with a wild variety of symptoms. Some people can live & work relatively normally, others need lots of surgeries & others can be very disabled & need various mobility aids, from wheelchairs to feeding tubes. 2. They have so many complications or comorbidities that can occur all over the body. I, fo

At EDS ECHO we are supporting doctors, nurses, therapists, midwives, pharmacists, health and social administrators, and community leaders and educators, worldwide, to be better informed and confident in the diagnosis and management of the Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD), and to provide care locally. | The Ehlers-Danlos Society