Lena Dunham speaks out about Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome... as she ... trends now

Lena Dunham spoke out about her genetic condition, Hypermobile Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, in an Instagram post shared on Thursday morning.

The 37-year-old star, who revealed she was diagnosed with hEDS in 2019, wanted to bring light to the condition during the month of May, as it is Ehlers-Danlos Syndromes and Hypermobility Spectrum Disorders Awareness month.

Lena shared two selfies showing her flushed skin, which is one of her symptoms, as well as swelling in her hands and her hyper-flexibility with her knuckles and feet.

She also shared a short clip of her using an elevator to take her up to set, as well as a close up of her tattoo that said 'sick.'

Hypermobile Ehlers-Danos syndrome is one type of EDS, caused by defects in a person's collagen.

Common symptoms of the condition include muscle and bone pain, hypermobility, easily bruised, skin that is slightly elastic, according to the Genetic and Rare Diseases Information Center.

The star wrote a lengthy caption, writing: 'Until I was in my late twenties, I didn't know that all my bendy party tricks (or the random fits of flushing which made red lipstick a gamble, or my migraines or swollen knees or fainting spells...) weren't just quirks.'

She continued: 'They were all part of Hypermobile Ehler Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition that means a lack of collagen in my connective tissue. This causes everything from joint pain & dislocation, poor wound healing and a plethora of seemingly random symptoms that aren't so random at all.'

'Hypermobile EDS is one of 13 known forms of EDS - and while this condition is misunderstood and under-diagnosed, it's thought to affect 1 in 5000 to 1 in

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