Occasionally considered a milder variant of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, Joint hypermobility syndrome (JHS) was originally perceived as a purely local articular problem affecting otherwise healthy people, whose range of joint motion happen to lie at the upper end of a normal range, and who suffer mechanical joint problems (pain, instability, dislocation, and premature osteoarthritis).
Joint hypermobility syndrome also known as benign hypermobility syndrome is now described as a heritable connective tissue disorder in its own right, caused by an undetermined genetic abnormality affecting one of the connective tissue matrix proteins
Patient with Joint hypermobility syndrome suffer chronic joint pain and other symptoms related to their hypermobility or to the looseness of other tissues that often accompanies hypermobility.
Frequently, people who suffer from hypermobility syndrome are called hypochondriacs or lazy because they will avoid many daily activities, because these activities would cause them pain. Most of them don’t look sick therefore, friends, colleagues, and even doctors can be unsympathetic.
People with Joint hypermobility syndrome often develop chronic joint pain and stiffness, most frequently in the larger joints; for example, the joints of the neck, shoulders, back, hips, and knees, though, smaller joints such as the ankles, wrists, and elbows often are affected as well.
Many researches show that patients of all races and age groups are affected with Joint hypermobility syndrome, although it is more prevalent in children and adolescents, who tend to have greater mobility of joints.
Joint Hypermobility Syndrome: Description And Symptoms
