How do you approach the work up for patients with fibromyalgia and hypermobility?

I agree the folks that are hypermobile are very challenging and it can be difficult to feel confident in hypermobile EDS diagnosis, particularly with sort of nebulous criteria. I have also found that medical genetics referrals where I practice have over a year-long waitlist, and as there is no genet...

Fibromyalgia and hypermobility spectrum disorder (HSD) are present in 3-5% of the general population, depending on the diagnostic criteria used. However, widespread pain and generalized hypermobility may be present in 10-20% of the population. Therefore, determining the overlap of these two disorder...

hEDS can be associated with a number of other conditions in addition to fibromyalgia including POTS/dysautonomia, MCAS, dysmotility/SIBO and MECFS. As with so much of medicine and especially rheumatology, the clues to these diagnoses will become evident with proper and thorough history taking. Thus,...