Will also search, Hanneke. Here is my first attempt: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ehlers-Danlos_Syndrome
Symptoms can include easy bruising, velvety-smooth skin, mildly hyperextensible skin, and loose, unstable joints. Joint dislocations and subluxations are common. Degenerative joint disease can occur; the pain associated with this condition is a serious complication. Unfortunately, pain medications are frequently underprescribed. In addition to the joint and cardiac effects noted above for hypermobility, this variant is characterized by soft, highly elastic, velvety skin which may tear, bruise, or scar easily and/or be slow to heal, and which has a tendency to develop benign fatty growths as well as benign fibrous growths on pressure areas. Pregnancy can be life-threatening in this variant. It affects type-V collagen, as well as type I. Hypermobility is usually limited to the fingers or toes, but the delicate skin noted above is joined by fragile blood vessel walls and organ membranes, with a tendency to rupture or develop aneurysms. Thin, translucent skin (veins can usually be seen on chest) Yikes! benign fatty growths? Rowena I have a question about slippery soft skin inside hands and fingertips.
