I have one of the variants of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome, a genetic condition that changes how collagen proteins are folded. The results of the condition vary wildly depending on how specifically the proteins fold, but in my case it's pretty minor. I'm "hyper flexible" and I'm more prone to fungal infections.

My skin is a buffet for fungal infections and I've been fighting a persistent Malassezia infection for years. It's caused me to have intense dandruff and lost a lot of my hair as the infection clogs my hair follicles.

The only thing that helped was taking oral anti-fungals, but once I stopped, the infection came back within a few weeks.

Reading that the specific fungus I'm fighting is also plausibly responsible for pancreatic cancer is a bit frightening.

I wonder if I can get routinely screened for pancreatic cancer without appearing like a crazy person to an uninformed doctor.