A young woman has shared details of the harrowing rare condition she suffers with which has left her in a wheelchair and unable to 'hug her mum'
As a teenager, Mercedes Valentine, 21, from Brighton, was so weak that she couldn't even be hugged by her own mum as it would risk dislocating her shoulder.
Despite her doctor parents both suspecting she suffered from Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome (EDS) – a condition that causes flexible joints and fragile skin – Mercedes was not diagnosed until she was 15.
