Nonsense. I've never been much of a drinker, and I have Dupuytrens on both hands, as well as its twin, Ledderhosen, on both feet (thank god I don't have a penis, or I'd have their brother, peyronies).

These conditions run in my family, largely a group of teetotalers. And I don't recall anyone in my family having gout, either.

PLEASE NOTE:

I am conducting an unofficial survey in an attempt to gather information with regard to our Dupuytren's problem. Please utilize the following URL to visit the site of the Questionnaire:

http://www.stcatz.org/dupuytren.htm

Remember: A large amount of responders will provide us with the most clout.

Thank you,

JERRY KLAFTER

For all those happy drinkers, here is a publication that I stumbled over just now (and which you possibly have seen before):

K.G. Gudmundsson, R. Arngrimsson, T. Jonsson "Dupuytren's disease, alcohol consumption and alcoholism" Scand. J. Prim. Health Care 19/3 (2001) p 186-190.

link: http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=pubmed&dopt=Abstract&list_uids=11697563&query_hl=15

"RESULTS: Of the Dupuytren's group, 19 (13.9%) had been treated for alcoholism or were heavy drinkers compared to 8 (14.3%) of those without Dupuytren's disease (NS). Little or moderate alcohol consumption was reported in 78.1% of the Dupuytren's patients compared to 73.2% of the controls (NS). Total abstainers from alcohol were 11 (8.0%) in the Dupuytren's group compared to 7 (12.5%) in the control group (NS). CONCLUSION: Our findings do not support a positive association between the use of alcohol and Dupuytren's disease."

But note: effects on liver, brain, belly etc. were not included in this research!

Wolfgang
PS: this was a Scandinavian study, of course (14 percent heavy drinkers ...).

As anyone who's had Stat 101 knows: "Correlation does not prove Causation". The genetic precursors for alcohol abuse is an accepted fact. The same is true for Dups. The idea that there may be a correlation *genetically*, as opposed to behaviorally is some original thinking Stage, and it does make sense to me. Though I may be biased due to my taste of CA Red Zin, I have yet to see definitive proof that moderate consumption is contraindicated for Dups.

Hi.

I found this article in the Danish State Health Institute, wich correlates the amount of alcohol (and tobacco) ingestion with the occurrence of Dupuytren's contraction.

Studying the hands of 7.200 people from an area of Copenhaguen, it basically shows that those who drink more doses of alcohol per week have a higher incidence of DC.

It is in Danish, sorry, but here's the link in case anyone wants to give it a try:

http://www.si-folkesundhed.dk/Aktuelt/Ugens%20tal/Alkohol,%20tobak%20og%20springfinger.aspx

Oriol