There is an urgent need to increase the
awareness on the
Joint Hyper mobility
Syndrome QHS). This is a
congenital and prevalent emergent condition that is frequently undiagnosed and that causes significant
health problems. Besides recurrent muscular-skeletal problems and
signs and symptoms derived from
tissue fragility,
adolescents and
young adults may develop
osteoporosis , early
osteoarthritis or
dysautonomia , that are common in the
disease , and deteriorate
quality of life . Many JHS
patients have
signs and symptoms suggestive of
fibromyalgia and are usually misdiagnosed.
Physicians should be able to differentiate the less severe form of JHS from the
Vascular Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome , to
diagnose it before the appearance of serious
complications and even
death . The study of these
diseases is a promising area for genomic and rheumatologic
research .