e healing of bruises Excessive sun exposure should be avoided without the daily use of sunscreen. Ehlers -Danlos syndrome affects all races and ethnic groups and if you have one type of EDS you cannot develop another type. However, individuals with the same type of EDS may have slightly different manifestations because each of us is a unique individual (Clarke, D., Skrocki-Czerpak, K., Neumann-Potash, L).Diagram-1 Diagram-2 Diagram-3 National Organization for Rare Diseases. Ed. 1986. The National Organization forRare Diseases, Inc. 2 Oct. 2000 * http://www.stepstn.com/cgi win/nord.exe?proc=GetDocument&rectype=0&recnum=240*.Clarke, D., Skrocki-Czerpak, K., Neumann-Potash, L. "Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome: The New Nosology." Loose Connections (August 1998). *http://www.ednf.org/*.McKissick, V. Heritable Disorders of Connective Tissue. St. Louis, Mosby, 1972.Ehler-Danlos Sydrome. 16 June. 1998 *http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/peds/pidl/genetic/ehlers.htm*.Smith, D. Recognizable Patterns of Human Malformation. Saunders, 1982, p. 358.Ehler-Danlos Sydrome. 16 June. 1998 *http://www.mc.vanderbilt.edu/peds/pidl/genetic/ehlers.htm*....