Can Ehlers Danlos Syndrome cause heavy periods?

Question

I'm 16 and have Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. I'm underweight - I'm 5"6 and weight 6 stone 11. I started my periods last year, and they are always, without fail, really really really heavy. It completely wrecks my week or two when I'm on my period. It's all I think about. I use a sanitary towel because I can't get to grips with using tampons yet.

Basically, this is what I was thinking:

Ehlers Danlos causes me to bleed alot alot alot from just the smallest of cuts, and once somewhere starts bleeding, it just won't stop! So I was thinking, could this be related to my heavy periods? Or does this make no sense at all because periods have nothing to do with lack of collagen, it's all just about your ovaries and stuff ?

Adverts lie - there's an advert that says 'Have a happy period' - what's one of those?!

I really hope someone could help!

Thankyou!

:)

Answer 1

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Hi there - head over to the Ehlers Danlos National Foundation. They have some online info and also a paid member forum. The forum also has a Teens With EDS.
www.ednf.org

Hope this helps!

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www.ednf.org