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Hypermobility Syndrome - Symptoms and Diagnosis

Symptoms and Diagnosis

Common symptoms of Hypermobility syndrome include:

  • Extreme flexibility of the joints
  • A dull but intense pain in regions of the knee and ankle joints
  • Pain in the soles of the feet. This can be managed by footwear specially designed with insoles.
  • Pain in the back, knees, fingers, elbows and hips.
  • Clicking noise in the joints
  • Frequent sprain, dislocations, bursitis, tendonitis
  • Early onset of osteoarthritis
  • Frequent prolapsed disc
  • Hypermobilty is also observed in some pregnant women. The related pain in the pelvic girdle, in these women can be excruciating.
  • Scoliosis or curved spine can occur
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Hypermobility may be a symptom of other conditions such as:

  • Ehler –Danlos syndrome
  • Rheumatoid arthritis
  • Lupus
  • Osteogenesis imperfeta
  • Marfan syndrome
  • Down syndrome
  • Polio
  • Myotonia congenital
  • Fibromyalgia
  • Chronic fatigue syndrome
  • Nerve compression disorders like carpel tunnel syndrome
  • Panic disorder
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Diagnosis

Joint hypermobility syndrome shares symptoms with other disorders such as Marfan syndrome, Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, and osteogenesis imperfecta and, therefore, there is a need to distinguish between them.

The Modified Beighton score is used to assess and the 1998 Brighton criteria is used to diagnose Benign Joint Hypermobility Syndrome.


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