Bewusst
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Not trying to come off as hypochondriac but I'm bored rn so I'll bother you with my boring essay. It's been almost six weeks since I got iatrogenic botulism and new symptoms have been occurring. My skin has become extremely thin, translucent, sensitive and pale. I can see more and more visible tiny blood vessels on my palms and fingers (not the usual veins that become prominent when you're warm), which I never had pre-botox. It looks like a small roadmap and exactly like the skin of people with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a rare inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by a gene mutation that leads to impaired formation of type III collagen. Complications such as rupture of arteries, aneurysms and bowel perforation can be life-threatening and the prognosis with vEDS is poor, with a median life expectancy of 48 years.
Normally I'd say this isn't possible because I didn't show any typical signs of vEDS in over 23 years, like frequent bruising and hematoma and it's supposed to be a congenital condition (you're born with it). But there's one woman in this facebook group for people with iatrogenic botulism who was also diagnosed with EDS shortly after botox and others reported signs of more common types of EDS too, like stretchy skin and hypermobility. According to her doctor, her blood vessels could rupture at any time. I don't know jack shit about EDS but what I do know is that botulinum toxin injections consistently damage people and trigger or mimick all sorts of diseases, so I wouldn't be surprised if it triggered EDS too. Other chronic conditions previously healthy people were diagnosed with after botox include hashimoto's thyroiditis, Raynaud's syndrome, MCAS, asthma, ALS, renal insufficiency, small fiber polyneuropathy, lichen planus and allergies.
It doesn't get boring I guess
Not trying to come off as hypochondriac but I'm bored rn so I'll bother you with my boring essay. It's been almost six weeks since I got iatrogenic botulism and new symptoms have been occurring. My skin has become extremely thin, translucent, sensitive and pale. I can see more and more visible tiny blood vessels on my palms and fingers (not the usual veins that become prominent when you're warm), which I never had pre-botox. It looks like a small roadmap and exactly like the skin of people with vascular Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a rare inherited connective tissue disorder characterized by a gene mutation that leads to impaired formation of type III collagen. Complications such as rupture of arteries, aneurysms and bowel perforation can be life-threatening and the prognosis with vEDS is poor, with a median life expectancy of 48 years.
Normally I'd say this isn't possible because I didn't show any typical signs of vEDS in over 23 years, like frequent bruising and hematoma and it's supposed to be a congenital condition (you're born with it). But there's one woman in this facebook group for people with iatrogenic botulism who was also diagnosed with EDS shortly after botox and others reported signs of more common types of EDS too, like stretchy skin and hypermobility. According to her doctor, her blood vessels could rupture at any time. I don't know jack shit about EDS but what I do know is that botulinum toxin injections consistently damage people and trigger or mimick all sorts of diseases, so I wouldn't be surprised if it triggered EDS too. Other chronic conditions previously healthy people were diagnosed with after botox include hashimoto's thyroiditis, Raynaud's syndrome, MCAS, asthma, ALS, renal insufficiency, small fiber polyneuropathy, lichen planus and allergies.
It doesn't get boring I guess
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