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08/19/2014 15:41
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08/19/2014 15:41
andouille
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Re: Dupuytren's and Trigger Finger
Lilypad:
Sorry to hear of your difficult journey!!! How long have you suffered from it? Have you tried RT at any point? Are you male and does it run in your family? Age of onset? How about the feet? I'm 65 yr old woman, no history and developed it after a broken wrist and carpel tunnel surgery. It's now in both hands and the feet are feeling strange as well. There seems to be so many questions and so few answers! RT in my future as soon as finger nerves recover from carpel tunnel surgery.
Lily
I developed knuckle pads in the early nineties. I had no other symptoms for many years. I thought it was arthritis and did nothing because my hands were pain free with no contracture. I learned from my hand surgeon recently that knuckle pads are associated with DD. I have not tried Radiation Therapy, nor has it been offered or mentioned. I started to develop small nodules around 2005. I had no contracture or pain. About 4 years ago I had A-1 pulley release surgery on my left index finger for trigger finger. At that time my surgeon informed me I had DD. Still I had no pain and no contracture. I think the disease became more aggressive after my trigger finger surgery. About a year later I had pain and my middle finger was contracted about 20 degrees at the first joint. I recently had my right hand done.
I am male, and my fathers mother had a contracted finger. There are two conflicting stories about what happened both involving injury. I think it's possible she did injure her hand and that activated the disease for her. She was not diagnosed with DD but I think she had it. I'm guessing age of onset was 43 if I go back to first knuckle pad. I was diagnosed at 61. Many years ago I had a bump mid left foot on the bottom. My regular doctor said to not worry about it. It went away. I have Peyronies disease (sp?) as well.
Edited 08/19/14 18:44
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