Patient experience and diagnostic odyssey

What hEDS/HSD patients actually present with — the 2025 German cohort

establishedfinding

The 2025 German outpatient cohort (n=105, diagnosed 2021–2024) shows the real-world presentation profile: musculoskeletal pain, joint instability and subluxation as dominant features, alongside fatigue and the expected comorbidity load. A current-era complement to the criteria literature.

Subtype scopehEDS, HSD
Date2025
Criteria erainternational-2017
Reviewed2026-09-16

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