Conditions & Diseases: Bones, Muscles & Joints

Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS)

See Also:
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Introduction & Overview
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Types,
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Causes
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Signs & Symptoms
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Medical Tests & Diagnosis
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Treatment & Prevention Options

Causes & Risk Factors

As already stated EDS is a group of rare inherited connective tissue disorders. It may be noted that parents have no control over genes that pass on to their progeny (their children) or the genes they receive from their parents. An inherited disorder passes from one generation to the next within families and the mutation (or change) in about one of the 50,000 genes that are found on a chromosome (chromosomes are thread like structures in the center of each cell). Genes direct the development and function of every cell in a living being. Genes and chromosomes exist in pairs. One half of each gene pair is passed on to the child from each parent and the new gene pairs determine the features or traits that the child inherits. Generally, inherited genes are normal and only in rare cases the mutations occur (reasons for mutations are unknown). Most mutations are not harmful but the occasional mutant genes cause a disorder, malfunction or malformation leading to different forms of EDS (5).

See Also:
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Introduction & Overview
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Types
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Causes
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Signs & Symptoms
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Medical Tests & Diagnosis
Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: Treatment & Prevention Options

Article by Kona Vishnu, MS
Medical Writer,
OmniMedicalSearch.com