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"Your boy, BJR" (jerseyshoreben) 05/18/2014 at 00:24 • Filed to: None

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RotaryLover > Your boy, BJR 05/18/2014 at 00:35

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Whot?

GhostZ > Your boy, BJR 05/18/2014 at 00:40

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All Motor Is Best Motor > Your boy, BJR 05/18/2014 at 00:46

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He has a rare genetic disease that causes his skin to be extremely stretchy. It's not fun though as it can very easily rip and tear.

Crocket Bernet > Your boy, BJR 05/18/2014 at 00:55

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nope nope nope

Axial > All Motor Is Best Motor 05/18/2014 at 03:28

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Is it the same one that affects all connective tissues in the body or something else?

All Motor Is Best Motor > Axial 05/18/2014 at 13:51

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It might be. If he has a collagen mutation then it likely will affect everything from his bones, connective tissue, and skin. It can also make blood vessels weaker, and can even affect muscles (including the heart), as well as the digestive system. Collagen basically provides strength anywhere it is located, and is used all over the body to keep things together. More naturally elastic tissues have less or no collagen, while anything that shouldn't stretch to a certain degree will have an amount of cartilage related to how much it should or should not stretch. Bones have a ton of collagen, as do tendons and ligaments, while skin has a moderate amount of the stuff (think how strange it would be if our skin was a lot more rigid!)

This guy likely has a degree of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome . I learned of this disease years ago while watching one of those weird medical diseases shows on TV (the guy who had it was a taxi driver and liked to startle people by stretching his neck skin), and then again during one of my Anatomy and Physiology classes. People with even a moderate degree of Ehlers-Danlos syndrome have to be very careful, as something like someone picking you up off the ground by grabbing your arm and pulling can completely rip the skin on your arm.

Sources: I'm majoring in anatomy and physiology for my pre-med degree.