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Hiya, sad to say but I am wondering if my problems may be due to connective tissue problems - something like EDS, which only became noticeable because stress degraded the tissues faster and then the virus or whatever knocked my cardiac output down.
My maternal grandfather had RA and his brother died very young of a heart attack. He had very saggy skin. My mother has orthostatic hypotension, venous reflux, dry eyes, tinnitus, 2 hip replacements, IBS, Raynaud's (gone now I guess?) and really loose looking skin.
On the other side of the family, the picture is less clear. My uncle has a congenital heart valve defect, and my dad has bad blood pressure even though he's in great shape. His skin is a bit loose too I guess, and he has severe tinnitus.
I've always been far better as a swimmer than a runner, I have somewhat loose skin, very flexible joints, IBS, recently had a couple Raynaud's like episodes (except they were continuous for weeks rather than only when cold), then developed POTS and tinnitus and dry eyes. I have recently been diagnosed with arthritis of the spine and venous reflux in both legs.
Here's a trick I can do with my feet. Is that what they mean by hypermobility? I can also touch my thumbs to my wrist (bending the palms inward, many people can do this, not flexible enough to do it the other way)
I can turn my left foot 180 degrees back and my right 90 degrees back but I couldn't keep my balance to photo that configuration
What do you think? Oh I'm a 33 year old male, yet none of my doctors give a crap why I have symptoms more commonly seen in women around the time of menopause...
My maternal grandfather had RA and his brother died very young of a heart attack. He had very saggy skin. My mother has orthostatic hypotension, venous reflux, dry eyes, tinnitus, 2 hip replacements, IBS, Raynaud's (gone now I guess?) and really loose looking skin.
On the other side of the family, the picture is less clear. My uncle has a congenital heart valve defect, and my dad has bad blood pressure even though he's in great shape. His skin is a bit loose too I guess, and he has severe tinnitus.
I've always been far better as a swimmer than a runner, I have somewhat loose skin, very flexible joints, IBS, recently had a couple Raynaud's like episodes (except they were continuous for weeks rather than only when cold), then developed POTS and tinnitus and dry eyes. I have recently been diagnosed with arthritis of the spine and venous reflux in both legs.
Here's a trick I can do with my feet. Is that what they mean by hypermobility? I can also touch my thumbs to my wrist (bending the palms inward, many people can do this, not flexible enough to do it the other way)
I can turn my left foot 180 degrees back and my right 90 degrees back but I couldn't keep my balance to photo that configuration
What do you think? Oh I'm a 33 year old male, yet none of my doctors give a crap why I have symptoms more commonly seen in women around the time of menopause...