I am 38 yrs old & having early active stages of Dupuytren Disease with half inch of lump on my palm.Does any one knows what type of diet,exercise,change of lifestyle need to be adopted,in order to control the growth of cord? Any suggestions will be appreciated.
Thanks,

Sanjay

Hi, Sanjay. Because so many Dup. Dis. sufferers are of Northern European extraction, I am curious about any possible connections in your family tree. Any plausible
Viking connections? As to diet and life style, I am not an
expert. Current, prevailing hypothesis, (IMO) involves
genetic predisposition leads to subclinical symptoms and
local trauma contributes to first reconizeable manifestation
of the process. Lacking trauma, one may never report symptoms. Post trauma, one may make connections on an "ad
hoc, ergo propter hoc" basis. Please share some personal history: native home, ancestry, perceived life style connection, etc. We are all in this together and dialoging.
Opinions abound; science is available and somewhat lacking
to date. Hope is on the horizon, though.

This link is available at Walt Stagner's Dupuytrens Web Site:http://www.baylorhealth.com/Proceedings/14_4/14_4_flatt.pdf. It is a seven page history of DD manifestations and
presentation. Other information can be gleened from searchs
for Dupuytrens. Please note that "prevaling hypothesis" was
followed by "In My Opinion" and was not meant to imply some
ultimate truth. Hope that helps. It also occurred to me that
Sanjay might be more concerned about nutritional factors to
consider in ameliorating further progression (What helps,what aggravates) than in what originally triggered the condition. I was responding more to the latter, than the
former. Nutrition and topical meds may play a roll; I have
no basis for an opinion other than what others have posted
here and at the Lariboisiere DD Forum (Dr. Lermusiaux, et al.) web managed by Dr. Rappaport.

I now have DC on both hands. Hands are still flexible, but they are more subject to hurt from what used to be the normal careless beating on objects. I am 53. Had first signs maybe 5 years ago. Hands still flexible. I switched to vegan diet about 6 months ago, and I read somewhere that vegan diet was best for DC. Now only occasionally eating fish, but I had a new flare bump on right hand only a month ago - not too bad. I will let you know what happens. A doctor suggested that alcoholics are more prone to have it. I have not had a drink for 13 years before the first knot appeared. However, I have an underlying liver problem. Possibly scarring from non symptomatic hepatitis B and C which have never indicated any elevated liver enzymes. Who knows?