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DESCRIPTION:
Connective tissue deficiency syndrome (CTDS), also called Hauser’s syndrome, is a disorder characterized by a deficiency in the amount, function or strength of the connective tissue, including ligaments or tendons. There are two types of CTDS – systemic and localized. While systemic CTDS involves the entire body, localized CTDS is located in one spot, such as the shoulder. This condition plays a key role in many other conditions such as overuse injury, with which it is often confused, fibromyalgia and myofascial pain syndrome.
How does connective tissue deficiency syndrome develop?
Connective tissue deficiency syndrome occurs when the body breaks down the connective tissues faster than it can rebuild them. This may be due to a number of different factors, including nutritional, metabolic and endocrine. Nutrients and hormones are necessary to repair and regenerate the tissue that is breaking down each day. If they are lacking, there’s no repair. It has also been found that one of the primary reasons an individual maintains a state of catabolism, the metabolic state of breaking down substances, is because of medications such as NSAIDs and narcotics that inhibit the normal inflammatory healing cascade. NSAIDs are, in fact, commonly prescribed for patients of fibromyalgia and many other forms of unresolved chronic pain, as well as after sports injuries.
Many different conditions have an association with a connective tissue deficiency, including:
- allergies
- leaky gut syndrome
- premature graying
- periodontal disease
- arthritis
- immunodeficiency
- premature aging
What are the symptoms of connective tissue deficiency syndrome?
In addition to pain, those afflicted with connective tissue deficiency syndrome may also experience tingling, weakness, numbness, swelling and/or stiffness. In addition, excessive loose skin and frail, dull hair may be observed, as well as the inability to repair or regenerate connective tissue, which can lead to fatigue and may affect sleep.
Conventional medical treatments may help relieve the symptoms of connective tissue deficiency syndrome, but they do not address the root of the problem. By strengthening structural weaknesses in the body, as natural medicine treatments like Prolotherapy do, pain associated with connective tissue deficiency syndrome may be alleviated permanently.
Discover why we believe that natural medicine treatments are the best way to treat connective tissue deficiency syndrome.
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