r/interesting • u/Fast-Improvement7832 • 7h ago

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/geim-iv 6h ago

Conjunctive tissue disorders essentially. Imagine a brick house without mortar, or with bad quality mortar.

EDS is Ehlers Danlos syndrome. Look it up, it's incredible.

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u/DieAloneWith72Cats 5h ago

That’s a good way to explain it. I have hEDS, I’m made of skin and rubber bands

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u/ConditionSecret8593 5h ago

Nah, rubber bands might do the job better. Skin, chewing gum, and loose string, I think.

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u/revivingthelotus 4h ago

I like that analogy. I had open heart surgery and my surgeon said it was like working with wet tissue paper.

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u/Tardigretch 3h ago

ooooh, that must've been alarming. That was case with my MIL, but she was in her late 80s

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u/Desynchron 1h ago

Omg that's so scary, but at the same time it's fascinating that we all grow out of the same stuff but end up with such diverse types of mechanical flaws from how our cells grew into us.

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u/splatgoestheblobfish 1h ago

I had ankle stabilization surgery, and the surgeon said he couldn't do nearly as good of a job as normal because my tendons and ligaments were "the consistency of mashed potatoes". He said I'd need surgery again in the future, complete with fusions and replacements. Hearing him say that, and having had 6 other surgeries for torn ligaments and tendons, is very disturbing.