A study, led by experts at the University of Nottingham, has found that persistent and distressing upper gut symptoms experienced by people with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS), are not due to structural problems with the gullet (oesophagus), as previously assumed.
The findings of the research, which are published in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology (American Gastroenterological Association), offer a clearer explanation, and a new direction for care for this complex and often misunderstood condition.
The study was led by Dr Mohsin Butt from the School of Medicine at the University of Nottingham, in collaboration with colleagues at Queen Mary University of London and University College London.
The research found that despite a high burden of gut symptoms, patients with hEDS were no more likely than people without hEDS to have abnormal gullet motility or measurable acid reflux when tested. In fact, most individuals had normal results.
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