I've got those knuckle pads. Did any of you sufferers have them before developing DD?

Knuckle pads appeared about 4 years prior to anything else happening. My doctor tells me that people who have knuckle pads usually have (or will develop) dupuytren's in at least two spots - with me it is both feet and now the first sign at the base of my little finger.

Hope you can help!

I’m new to the Dupuytren's Forum, but not to Dupuytren's that showed up about 10 years ago. Had surgery on my left hand 2 years ago but Dupuytren's is now back in the L hand worse than ever. So I know from experience surgery is only a stopgap.

I know about the French Needle so I am very interested in info about non-surgical cures. Question:

1) Are there any legit non-surgical cures? Who and where?
2) Is the SUNY Stony Brook cure near going public? Any info on the status?
3) Are there any doctors (or anyone else) doing injections? Who and where?

Please help with any info you have. I don’t want any more surgery!

Thanks.

I am a 43 year old female and have had a lump on my middle finger knuckle right-hand for over seven months, I visited my GP twice and was told it was nothing. However, it can become very tender and I am convinced it is growing slowly. I have visited an orthopaedic surgeon this morning who instantly stated it was a Knuckle Pad and could be the start of Dupuytrens Disease, he wants to remove the lump under local anastheatic and send for byopsy - I told him I would think about it whilst I found more about this disease. Has anybody had a knuckle pad removed or left alone? Any advice would be appreciated.
Regards
Debbie

My knuckle pad on my right pinkie was the Dupuytren's scar tissue wrapping around the pinkie.

I developed the classical pit and nodules of D.C. in my right hand's palm area in 1992 4 months after a mugging (purse yanked out violently).

In 1997, the first knuckle pads came on my left hand. The nodule in the back of the left ring finger was growing very quickly. The left middle finger nodule was almost non existant. After one look from both hand surgeons, it was determined that those nodules were not D.C. related to my right palm. They were giant tendon tumors. I had that tumor surgery removal in 1997.

Giant tendon tumors cannot be related to Dupuytren's contracture. My tumors did not return on my left hand ever again.

"So, what," you say? Giant tendon tumors are not related to D.C. (I had D.C. surgery later after the giant tumor surgery when I was 39.) Both my hand surgeons agreed of diagnosis of all of my hand "stuff."

- Annette