Some days it’s too painful for Teresa Roth’s 4-year-old son Thomas to put on his own shoes and socks.
Diagnosed at 18 months with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, the boy has chronic pain all over, particularly in his joints and his back. Paired with Chiari malformation, a brain structural defect, he also suffers the occasional “migraine times a million.”
Many now pursue alternative pain treatments to avoid opioids
Acupuncture, other tools seen as preferable to use of strong narcotics