I'm not typical either with few risk factors. Not in the family, Mediterranean origins, almost never drink alcohol, no diabetes, and so on. Major hand injury though, but it's not the hand with active progressive DD. Go figure! But I like my tea and coffee though.

My own personal "I wonder if" thing is, in 2009 I took an extended course of the antibiotic Ciprofloxacin. This has a well documented side effect of tendon damage, and sure enough I had a minor leg tendon problem. Who knows what else....

I also had a couple of sleepless nights after diagnosis, but resolved to do something about it, that helped, also finding this site and joining the society and just sharing.

Hey Coach,
It's pretty unlikely your Diet Mt. Dew has anything to do with your DD, unless you're drinking a case a day. There's 55 mg of caffeine in a 12 oz can, 35 mg in a diet pepsi, and about 200 mg in a mug of coffee. I don't know if you drink coffee, but we're not talking about alot of caffeine...

A couple of replies...

PackerFan--I was drinking in the neighborhood of 100 ounces of Diet Dew a day near the end. Hitting the fountain at the local mini mart 2-3 times a day along with 3+ cans. Can't believe I was drinking that much. Just water, some protein/creatine powder & the occasional tea.

Bill--My guess is that my original DD came early because of my racquet sports "career". I played a lot of tennis when I was younger & took up competitive racquetball in my late teens to late 20s. I held the end of the handle right where the DD first appeared--not a coincidence I'm sure. First Xiaflex treatment last summer, slowly contracting again & there's a cord that wasn't handled with the injection. Second treatment on the other hand in the fall. Large, hard nodule on the pinky. Xiaflex handled one nodule, but there is another I need to deal with. NA didn't work on the pinky, which is why I went to Xiaflex. I'm certain that recurrence will be a continuing issue & I'm okay with that. I'll continue with Xiaflex as needed. Pretty simple, but there is some pain. I was back to most of my activities within a couple of weeks, not much different than NA.

Interesting. I play quite a lot of tennis, at a reasonable level (I think ). As an older player I play single handed on both sides. I'm right handed with a finger amputation, the pinkie, from an accident when younger, that causes me no end of problems with the hand/finger joints and wrist, just or mainly from playing tennis.

Here's the rub, I have active Dupuytren's in the left hand!

At a consultation with Professor Seegenschmiedt earlier this year he said I had signs of Dupuytren's in the right hand, but it was not active, and may never progress further. Carry on with the tennis he said. But monitor it closely.

Not sure this helps you at all

Hi all, This is my firsy posting in many years and I have found some interesting things re lifestyle changes which I hope may be food for thought for some fellow suffrers.
I am a 56y.o. male and had NA done on both hands to great sucess in 2005. I did however want to understand the reason that I contracted DC and I was lucky enough to know of a doctor here in Sydney Au.who focusses on nutritional medicine. This was of interest as I exercise very hard and at the time was only eating a vegan raw food diet.
In a nut shell I found that collagen is formed in the liver by amino acids (proteins) which build up and break down naturally. For some reason we DC sufferers don't seem to regulate this very well and quite often our livers are not 100%. (hence the higher occurence of DC in alcoholics and and people that are run down nutritionally) My journey took avenues that I didn't expect and varied greatly from mercury removal from my body, root canal teeth extractions, ultra violet light therapy, accupuncture and vitamin supplementation.
Possibly the most significant findings were that I had a very sluggish liver and that my homocysteine levels were high. Appears that I was paying for my fitness at the expense of my organs. I began taking amino acid supplementation in the form of a vegan powder and incorporated more quality protein in the form of nuts seeds and sprouts into my diet.
I still run, cycle, do weights and yoga and seem to be coping well although I have noticed DC returing slightly in one finger. Interestingly this seemed to start again when I became very run down recently while trekking in Nepal with dysentry thus this seems to back up the idea of good nutrition.
Hope this info. is of some use