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07/18/2010 22:51
PAG 
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07/18/2010 22:51
PAG
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Re: Alcohol & Dupuytrens/Ledderhose
LubaM.:
For sure life style changes that contribute to improve your health are a good idea anyway...but how do you explain people having DD and LD (I have them both) if they never smoked or drink?? This is SUCH a weird disease !
I can't accept that DD is a certainty, given a genetic heritage, the way male pattern baldness, for instance, may be. Triggers may be quite varied, but one is apparent. It was called stonemason's disease in past centuries. Technical rock climbers have an unusually high incidence of DD. This means multiple micro-injuries over a long period are a cause. So one asks how they've used their hands over the years: with tension; heedless of discomfort; with repetitive stress?
In my case I can look at lifetime of tense hands and over 10 years of working in digital design while holding my stylus in a death-grip.
As for feet, what activities? What is the structure of the sole? Not much subcutaneous fat? Supportive footwear or no? Am I reaching here? I don't know, of course. I'm just wondering, is there's any way to alter our habits to ameliorate this disease? Is it too late once DD has manifested?
Edited 07/19/10 01:54
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07/19/2010 04:00
flojo 
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07/19/2010 04:00
flojo
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Re: Alcohol & Dupuytrens/Ledderhose
Luba, I've missed you. Have you been on vacation?
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07/19/2010 05:39
LubaM.
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07/19/2010 05:39
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Re: Alcohol & Dupuytrens/Ledderhose
Flora,
Yes just got back from one week at the beach in Ventura...how nice of you to miss me...
PAG,
Interesting comments... I also try to figure out where my DD comes from.... I was the first in my family to get the disease. Have had DD almost ten years....I am 67, the youngest of three sisters, of Russian/Jewish origin. Non smoker, do not drink. None of my ancestors had DD that I know of. After I got it, one of my older sisters started to get nodules in both hands, but hers has not progressed beyond nodules (maybe because she got it when she was in her 70's?)
It is said that it can be caused by trauma. I had two bad falls, first time I broke a finger in the right hand. Second time I fell on my knees but put my right hand out to break the fall. But if its trauma induced....then why do I have DD also on my left hand and LD on my left foot....go figure !!!
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07/22/2010 17:03
bstenman
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07/22/2010 17:03
bstenman
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Re: Alcohol & Dupuytrens/Ledderhose
Maybe you are holding the glass too tightly. My hands ache after any activity there I am clenching something for a period of time. I can make it for about 10 minutes with a paint brush before I have to quit as my hands start to cramp up. If I use a screwdriver for extended periods or a hand saw the results are the same. With the Dupuytren's I find my hands are more likely to cramp when they are cold and this was not a problem before even with my scuba diving in 48 degree water and holding a underwater camera housing and strobes for 45 minutes at a stretch.
In the morning when you first awake your blood pressure is likely to be very low and if your trunk is cold the body has reduced blood flow to your feet and hands to conserve its resources. Both could result in stiffness in your hands. I suspect it may be something you are doing when you drink and not the drinking itself that is at the source.
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