Could HSD (or maybe hEDs be my answer?)
Does my pinkie look hypermobile? How about my elbow? (I think the elbow is a no).
I have just reached out to my doctor to ask about getting screened for this. But now I am worried that I will just look like a crazy person.
I am in no way flexible but I think maybe I am hyper mobile- not sure, but don’t want to look stupid or crazy for thinking maybe I am.
I message my rheumatologist to ask about testing as I believe I would score a 5 maybe a 7 on the Brighton scale.
- both of my knees are noted multiple times in my medical records as hypermobile.
- I use to be able to touch my thumbs to my forearms.
- my elbows, I am not sure they meet the criteria but maybe
- I also am not sure about my pinkies.
I cant touch the ground with my legs straight - not even close so this one is for sure a no.
Current known conditions (or highly suspected conditions):
Erythromelalgia
Hypothyroid (autoimmune)
Alopecia Areata
POTS or something similar (suspected not yet confirmed - have had issues with vision going completely black and my hearing going silent other then a whooshing noise when going from laying or sitting to standing for the last 20 years, until I started wearing compression socks - which stopped it).
Possible mast cell component (history suggests)
Knee cap instability (mri findings are lateral tilt, board line lateral subluxation, petalla Alta, tt-tg distance of 20mm, meniscus tear (without known injury), evidence of prior mpfl injury, and damage to the lateral side of the patella’s cartilage).
Does this sound like it could be HSD?