Everyday tasks a challenge for Anne

A RARE disorder has left one sufferer at risk of disclocating her joints throughout the day.

- BY JAMES CONNOLLY

Anne Sandilands, from Edinburgh, can't even do washing up or housework without taking the greatest of care.

The 40-year-old has Ehlers-Danlos syndrome, a genetic disorder that means skin and joints are dangerously fragile.

The condition, that she has had since birth, means the slightest fall, bump, or twist could leave her hospitalised.

Just one in 20,000 people is affected by cEDS, with sufferers prone to bruising and slow-healing, widened scars from even minor injuries.

It also leads to hypermobility and instability - meaning joints dislocate or partially dislocate with little warning.