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What Are The Major Diagnostic Criteria For EDS?
Question: If it is possible that I have elhers danlos according to Major and minor criteria ( but I'm just a pt ). My Dr's are making me lay down with a fibromyalgia diagnosis. I have to get better. I can't give up.
Brief Answer:
EDS criteria mentioned
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking once again.
Major diagnostic criteria for the classic type of EDS:
Skin hyperextensibility
Widened atrophic scars
Joint hypermobility
Positive family history
Minor diagnostic criteria for the classic type of EDS
Smooth, velvety skin
Molluscoid pseudotumors: fleshy, heaped-up lesions associated with scars over pressure points such as the elbows and knees
Subcutaneous spheroids: small, cyst-like, hard shot-like nodules, freely moveable in the subcutis Muscle hypotonia, delayed gross motor development
Easy bruising
Manifestations of tissue extensibility and fragility (e.g., hiatal hernia, anal prolapse in childhood, cervical insufficiency)
Surgical complications (postoperative hernias)
The combination of the first three major diagnostic criteria should have a high specificity for EDS, classic type. The presence of one or more minor criteria contributes to the diagnosis of EDS, classic type but is not sufficient to establish the diagnosis. Whether you have EDS can therefore can be concluded upon only after a careful clinical evaluation.
You may find the following useful:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1244/
About fibromyalgia, as I mentioned it is not a diagnosis, it is just the medical name of the symptom. Fever cannot be a diagnosis, the diagnosis would be finding the underlying cause of fever. If you no longer complain of pain, nobody will say that you have fibromyalgia. If you have pain it is just a fancy way of referring to the pain.
Regards
EDS criteria mentioned
Detailed Answer:
Thanks for asking once again.
Major diagnostic criteria for the classic type of EDS:
Skin hyperextensibility
Widened atrophic scars
Joint hypermobility
Positive family history
Minor diagnostic criteria for the classic type of EDS
Smooth, velvety skin
Molluscoid pseudotumors: fleshy, heaped-up lesions associated with scars over pressure points such as the elbows and knees
Subcutaneous spheroids: small, cyst-like, hard shot-like nodules, freely moveable in the subcutis Muscle hypotonia, delayed gross motor development
Easy bruising
Manifestations of tissue extensibility and fragility (e.g., hiatal hernia, anal prolapse in childhood, cervical insufficiency)
Surgical complications (postoperative hernias)
The combination of the first three major diagnostic criteria should have a high specificity for EDS, classic type. The presence of one or more minor criteria contributes to the diagnosis of EDS, classic type but is not sufficient to establish the diagnosis. Whether you have EDS can therefore can be concluded upon only after a careful clinical evaluation.
You may find the following useful:
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK1244/
About fibromyalgia, as I mentioned it is not a diagnosis, it is just the medical name of the symptom. Fever cannot be a diagnosis, the diagnosis would be finding the underlying cause of fever. If you no longer complain of pain, nobody will say that you have fibromyalgia. If you have pain it is just a fancy way of referring to the pain.
Regards
Note: For detailed guidance on genetic screening consult a genetics specialist
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Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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