I am having nerve condunctin studies for carpal tunnel in both hands on Monday. Is this common with dups? Have others experienced it? I'm not looking forward to this, but it does sound as though some of the stuff fits: the numbness, the terrible aching up to my shoulder. Im curious to knowq what others have experienced. Thank you, as always.

I thought they used the needle test for carpal tunnel? If it's just the impulse test that's no big deal. Are you aware of any increased incidence with dupuytren's, or vice versa?

I have had bilateral carpal tunnel surgery in by thirtys. In my forties I developed leadderhose's disease. In my middle fiftys I developed one dupuytrens nodule with no contraction yet in one hand. I do believe there is some connection between carpal tunnel and dupuytren's. I noticed you mentioned upper arm pain. This was a bigger problem for me than the numbness. Because frozen shoulder is also more common with people who have dupuytren's I view all the many upper arm and shoulder problems I have had as a possible connection to my dupuytren's. I also have had the nerve condution studies with both the needles and electric current several times and did not find them to be too bad. They gave me peace of mind that my area of nerve compression was at my wrist. I had doubts about where the problem was since my upper arm ached so badly. The surgery did help a great deal. Good luck Carol

LindaJR, there is a short comment on http://www.dupuytren-online.info/related_diseases.html. Not very sophisticated though.

Wolfgang