Digestive and autonomic problems are reported with hEDS and HSD

Tinkle and colleagues describe digestive and autonomic problems among the conditions reported with hEDS in their 2017 review. Autonomic problems affect functions such as heart rate and blood pressure. In Rauterberg and colleagues’ 2025 German clinic survey, 31 of 80 respondents with hEDS or HSD reported digestive complaints severely affecting daily activities (38.8%), and 25 of 80 reported autonomic complaints at that level (31.3%). Respondents could report both kinds of complaint.

By Hraness · Drafted with AI assistance.