HeyJaredCort Does Science
Exploring the science, research, and lived experiences of complex chronic conditions through thoughtful, evidence-driven science communication.
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The overlap of endometriosis and POTS (opens the original)
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Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my own and do not represent my employer or any affiliated organization.Postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS) is a common disorder of the autonomic nervous system. POTS is most known for causing an increase in heart rate when standing, and lightheadedness or fainting. However, manifestations of POTS can also include fatigue, cognitive impairment, gastrointestinal dysfunction and more beyond just heart rate effects. POTS affects women more often
When you give an overachiever a chronic illness (opens the original)
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I keep trying to make rest more productive. I know, rest isn’t supposed to have any sort of “deliverable” and it doesn’t need to be “earned”. But despite years and years of telling myself this, my brain doesn’t work this way.I think it comes down to the fact that I tend to be an overachiever. I am genuinely a very motivated person. Give me a problem, and I want to solve it. In some ways for my health, it has helped me tremendously. Read more </
How a genetic enzyme deficiency can lead to a cascade of connective tissue failures (opens the original)
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Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my own and do not represent my employer or any affiliated organization. The Ehlers-Danlos syndromes (EDS) are a group of heritable connective tissue disorders that are due to defects in how the body makes and processes collagen.Cort Does Science is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<form class="subscription-widget-subscrib
You can’t be THAT sick if... (opens the original)
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“You can’t be that sick if…”You can work.You can go out with friends.You can go to school.You can be a parent.You can exercise.You can…. do anything except, stay at home in bed? Read more
Researchers just proposed a framework for "neuro EDS" (opens the original)
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Disclaimer: The views expressed here are my own and do not represent my employer or any affiliated organization.I recently brought up the topic of a “neuro” type of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome. While not formally recognized as a subtype, it is frequently discussed in the EDS community. Studies have shown elevated rates and clustering of complex neurological manifestations in patients with hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome (hEDS) and hypermobility spectrum disorders (HSD). Until now, there have been
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