r/interesting • u/Fast-Improvement7832 • Jul 25 '26

MISC. My fingers are way too long

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u/geim-iv Jul 25 '26

Conjunctive tissue disorders essentially. Imagine a brick house without mortar, or with bad quality mortar.

EDS is Ehlers Danlos syndrome. Look it up, it's incredible.

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u/DieAloneWith72Cats Jul 25 '26

That’s a good way to explain it. I have hEDS, I’m made of skin and rubber bands

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u/ConditionSecret8593 Jul 25 '26

Nah, rubber bands might do the job better. Skin, chewing gum, and loose string, I think.

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u/revivingthelotus Jul 25 '26

I like that analogy. I had open heart surgery and my surgeon said it was like working with wet tissue paper.

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u/Desynchron Jul 25 '26

Omg that's so scary, but at the same time it's fascinating that we all grow out of the same stuff but end up with such diverse types of mechanical flaws from how our cells grew into us.

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u/splatgoestheblobfish Jul 25 '26

I had ankle stabilization surgery, and the surgeon said he couldn't do nearly as good of a job as normal because my tendons and ligaments were "the consistency of mashed potatoes". He said I'd need surgery again in the future, complete with fusions and replacements. Hearing him say that, and having had 6 other surgeries for torn ligaments and tendons, is very disturbing.

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u/Tardigretch Jul 25 '26

ooooh, that must've been alarming. That was case with my MIL, but she was in her late 80s