Hi there! I´m wondering if anybody also have symptoms like pain in other joints than the hands and feet or stiffness in for example ancles or muscles? Neither I nor my twin sister have arthritis, but both have lots of symptoms that seem to go beyond Dupuytren. We both have knuckle pads and lumps under our feet and the desease started about 3,5 years ago. We are now 31. By the way, does anybody know if mycoplasma infection can have a connection to Dupuytren? Greetings from Finland :)

Same same, after 3 years of running from one doctor to another, finally a hand surgeon diagnosed me (earlier this year)! He gave me 2 options: surgery or cortizon treatment. I can only bend the 2 fingers to 90 degrees and it hurts when I´m gripping things, so I chose surgery. He actually didn´t believe that cortizon helps anymore at this stage, but he was obliged to tell the guidelines that have been given . He didn´t say anything about radiation, however he called one of his colleagues that are performing research with a new drug that acts like cancer treatment, in other words eats away the knuckle pad. It will take several years though, before this drug comes out on the market; at this point there is still a big risk that it eats away a lot more than just the bad stuff, so it might leave the fingers uselessly hanging down from the hand. Good to know that there is an option with radiation and it seems to have gotten quite positive feedback from the people on this site!
Nope, haven´t needed to use anything for acne, but I must say that my (and my twin´s) skin have never been in such bad shape as it has been now for 2 years :( I thought you only needed to deal with pimples as a teenager :D You know what? My twin was suspected to have suffered from reactive arthritis for 2 years until now. I too have weired symptoms in my joints. My sick leave from the operation starts on tuesday and my twin is taking half a years vacation from dive instructing. This gives us ample time to try to find out what the underlying factors to Dupuytren could be. Not too many people though here with the lovely knuckle pads..

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-plantar fasciatis when i was doing a lot of running (clearly early ledderhose)

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I've had DC for years and recently developed plantar fasciatis. I'm quite curious as to why you say --"(clearly early ledderhouse)"-- why do you think this?