yep, sounds very much like DC. your at the right place. can be anything from nodules, lumps, cords, dimpled or puckered areas, to full contractions and everything in between. can be in fingers, palms, thumbs, feet. i pretty much have all the above. most GPs will give the same advice, to wait and see(insurance speak for denying treatment). most have no clue when it come to this disease. i have even been to experienced hand surgens, and walked out of their office. they knew nothing about DC other than to cut it out. i walked out when they where not honest with the results of their surgeries(both claimed almost 100% "cured" after open hand surgery, actual odds are up to 80% returning in 5 years). i had open hand surgery 15 years ago. my DC was returning before they took my stiches out!!! and the doc i choose had 35 years hand surgery experience. NA also didnt last, was good for 8 months for me. and my DC is very painful, which is another reason i walked out of one of the docs office, he said DC is a totally painless condition, and wanted to argue that i couldnt be feeling pain from DC as it is a benign fibroid growth. it might be a painless growth, but when it wraps cords and nodules around tendons and nerves, it can be very painful even without any contractions. i hate it when i seem to know more about this disease than most docs i have seen.

Hi Social
Thanks for the info, even though not too encouraging on the chance of getting a knowledgeable specialist!!
I have been highly recommended to a 'hand specialist' in Windsor who apparently may know about ans treat DC with NA as my condition is at an early stage I wil do as my GP is 'wait and see' and will certainly get another opinion before taking it to the expensive specialist consultation stage (can't get NA on NHS- Uunless anyone knows otherwise IF SO PLEASE LEAT ME KNOW!)
Just to reaffirm although I have the nodules in plam of hand apparently on the tendons and I also have 'Garrods pads' on the joints of the fingers on same hand my finger is slightly bent UPWARDS in other words opposite to the way the joint can bend is this Dupuytrens as all the images I have seen show the affected finger bending in on the palm of the hand?
Thanks again, any more info' opinions greatly appreciated.
Ray

Ray, I am not very familiar with the British National Health System but NICE actually approves NA:

"Your doctor may have offered you needle fasciotomy. NICE has considered this procedure
because it is relatively new. NICE has decided that the procedure is safe enough and works
well enough for use in the NHS." - Note that NICE usually calls NA needle fasciotomy.
http://www.nice.org.uk/Guidance/IPG43/PublicInfo/pdf/English

Further NICE papers are linked at [url=http://www.nice.org.uk/guidance/index.jsp?action=byID&r=true&o=11116[/url]

Maybe citing those might help convincing NHS to approve your NA treatment?

Good luck to you!

Wolfgang

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