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Name of saved search:
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type="text"
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<label for="saved-search-term" class="action-panel-label required-field-asterisk">
Search terms:
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<span class="action-panel-label" id="fieldset-label">
Would you like email updates of new search results?
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<div class="action-panel-control-wrap">
<label class="action-panel-label">
Email:
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Frequency:
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<label for="saved-search-monthly-on-day" class="action-panel-label">
Which day?
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Save
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<button class="action-panel-submit"
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Your RSS Feed
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type="submit"
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data-ga-label="save">
Create RSS
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data-ga-category="save_share"
data-ga-action="alert"
data-ga-label="cancel">
Cancel
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data-ga-category="save_share"
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Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), is probably the most common disease among heritable connective tissue disorders. It affects women more than men and causes symptoms in multiple organs. It is associated with chronic pain, skin fragility and abnormal bleeding. These characteristics may hamper reproductive life. We conducted a study to evaluate the gynecologic and obstetric outcomes in women with hEDS. We also explored a possible hormonal modulation of the hEDS symptoms. The gynecologic and obstetric history of 386 consecutive women diagnosed with hEDS was collected by a standardized questionnaire and a medical consultation performed by a senior gynecologist in an expert centre for hEDS between May 2012 and December 2014.
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We observed a high frequency of gynecologic complaints, specifically: menorrhagia (76 %), dysmenorrhea (72 %) and dyspareunia (43 %). Endometriosis was not highly prevalent in this population. The obstetric outcomes were similar to those of the general French population for deliveries by cesarean section (14.6 %) and premature births (6.2 %) but the incidence of multiple spontaneous abortion (13 %) and spontaneous abortion (28 %) were significantly higher. A subset of women were sensitive to hormonal fluctuations with more severe symptoms occurring during puberty, prior to menstruation, during the postpartum period as well as on oral contraception.
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Increased awareness of the gynecological symptomatology in women with hEDS can help discriminate between endometriosis and thus prevent useless, and potentially dangerous, surgery. This study also suggests that hormonal modulation may be an appropriate treatment for a subset of women with hEDS.
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