What's your superpower?
What's your superpower?
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I can bend my thumb further back than most people :3 this literally does nothing of use for me x3
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Bending your thumb to your wrist is one of the signs of hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome
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I’ve got mild EDS and so far (thirties), it’s just helpful (as long as you stay active and maintain good core muscles). Extreme EDS can result in your skin sloughing off or all of your joints dislocating in your sleep, so it’s not something to ignore, but if the only symptom is your thumb touching your wrist, you might just be lucky.
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I often dislocate a shoulder or hip in my sleep. I can dislocate a knee turning around or just taking steps. I wear a lot of compression and braces, but they only help so much lol
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That sounds really inconvenient, I’m sorry. I can dislocate certain joints at will (fingers, shoulders, knees, and hips), but it doesn’t just happen, luckily. I do wonder how much worse it will get as I get older, but I haven’t been able to find much on mild cases in later years.
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It's just my thumb that bends :3.. the only other mildly flexible thing I can do is put my legs over the back of my head
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Hypermobility can have side-effects. If your diet isn't right or you live in a very warm or very cold area, it can affect your tissues. If I'm not mistaken it can sporadically be linked to auto-immune diseases.
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And autoimmune diseases suck. We don't really understand them, have no good treatments, and some are disfiguring and ultimately fatal.
It's never a good time when your body is attacking it's own tissues.
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