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Nazrada19 karma

As a fellow Zebra (EDS'er), The luxations and subluxations wear out the muscles and joints. It also damages a lot of the bone and cartilage when it happens.
Also the follow up of disasters is because our collagen is produced faulty. So basicly the foundation of our body is messed up from the start. Build a house on it; it's bound to collapse.

This also means that our eyes degrade fast (eyes are made up out of 70% of collagen if not mistaken). Our healing proces is slower because of this faulty collagen. We have easy bruising; we wake up and look like we had a tumble down the stairs. That kind of easy bruising.

EDS also causes for Rheuma and arthritis to be set in at early age.

I must mention that not everyone with EDS Has the same symptoms nor experiences them all the same. Hence the Zebra for EDS because not every Zebra has the same stripes.

If you're interested in more specifics check out the EDS Society: https://www.ehlers-danlos.com/ehlers-danlos-info/

Nazrada3 karma

EDS Is Autosomatic dominant genetic if translated correctly. so it's a 50/50 when having kids. As u/candlesandfish mentioned; for the hEDS type they haven't found the genetic marker yet.