Guest guest Posted April 17, 2004 Report Share Posted April 17, 2004 My feeling is that maybe one of the reasons that boys present more problems earlier is due to their male hormones when they increase during puberty in some cases the boys experience an earlier onset of puberty. It seems around the ages of 11 - 16 the first problems start to show-up. My feeling is that the girls might have some kind of protection because of the female hormones(I'm not sure how) - they might prolong problems from showing up until later on, but there will always be certain characteristics and minor symptoms that still might be presented - to the trained eye, they still might be able to diagnose them. I don't think that VEDS effects boys more than girls - I think it's because most of the girls don't come to the attention of a medical professional due to their lack of problems (until their 20's, 30's and even 40's) so they don't receive a diagnosis. Just my thoughts.... Cathy Bowen, D.D.B.III - President ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Southern New Jersey Branch- Ehlers-Danlos National Foundation Mays Landing, NJ 08330 E-mail: SJ-EDS-DAVID-MOM@... website: http://www.aclink.org/eds http://www.ednf.org ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Associate Publisher, EDS Today The Newsletter for, by, and about people with Ehlers Danlos Syndrome. http://www.edstoday.org/ EDS Today is a 501©3 non-profit organization. Help EDS Today by shopping online through IGive at http://www.igive.com/html/brand.cfm?b=2251 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ In Loving Memory of my son, http://pages.prodigy.net/sj-eds-david-mom/index.html ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ They that " LOVE " beyond the world cannot be separated by it. " DEATH " cannot " KILL " what " NEVER " dies... Penn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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