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10/01/2000 23:19
Ron Kleinnot registered
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10/01/2000 23:19
Ron Kleinnot registered
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Broken Hand and DC Diagnosis
Several months ago I suffered a broken left hand (just below the pinkie. Soon after the cast was removed, I noticed what I thought were tendons protruding out of palm. A week or 2 later after golf, I noticed another area that was affected. I just turned 60 and for my birthday my "hand doc" presented me with the Dupuytren's diagnosis. He was positive that the trauma, cast, etc. could not have caused this. However, after reading some of the e-mails, it would seem that it speeds up the disease at the very least. My concern is my ability to play golf as well as just daily functioning. Also, the insurance company of the person who was at fault in accident would probably like to close this case. Those with DC...please advise. Thanx!!
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10/01/2000 23:05
Gary Neuschwangernot registered
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10/01/2000 23:05
Gary Neuschwangernot registered
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coincidence?
Do you think that golf has anything to do with stressing DC?
My left hand (left little finger and cord) is affected most and this is the area of the hand that has the most pressure in golf from golf club. I did not have DC until I started golfing regularly. Coincidence? I don't know.
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10/01/2000 23:50
JPnot registered
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10/01/2000 23:50
JPnot registered
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coincidence?
I think if you have the genes for this disease, and if your calcium and zinc intake are low (due to diet or other meds), then you are inclined to get DC from trauma. When the body does not make enough of it's own collagenase (the enzyme that gets rid of excess fascia tissue), then medicine to help it make the enzyme is needed. Surgery may have worked for some, but i don't think it is the answer for everyone. I have DC in right hand after trauma. I have changed my BP meds, and now take chelated zine and calcium. Most of the pain is gone, and the progression first slowed way down and now it seems stopped - but! I don't know if i can get rid of the DC nodules that i do have. I hope to use the new creme within a few months.
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10/17/2000 23:51
Alnot registered
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10/17/2000 23:51
Alnot registered
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Calcium & Zinc
I've just been diagnosed with DC. I'm a 39-yo male of northeastern european decent. Two nodules popped up about four weeks ago (left hand, middle and ring finger, between the two creases in the middle of the palm) but have not changed too much over the last four weeks. I have odd pains in my hands and "hot feelings" in the palms on and off, especially during the night. I have had a pad on my left pinky knuckle for about 5 or 6 years (right where my wedding ring rubs) but I don't know if this is related to the Dupuytren's or if it is just a callous.
My main reason for posting is to respond to a post in which a person said that calcium and zinc supplements will help. I have been taking 1/3 RDA calcium+magnesium+zinc tablets for several years (i.e. the bottle says take three for 100% RDA, but I've only been taking one per day). Maybe that wasn't enough, so maybe I should increase the intake. Another sign that I may not be taking enough is that I do still have some white spots on my fingernails (a sign of low zinc).
One concern I have is that I used to have 3 or 4 beers Friday, Sat and Sun, but in the last year, I've been having 2 beers per day... I've read where alcohol can cause the disease to progress.
Oh... the palm nodules formed shortly after I really beat up my hands working on a woodworking project (screwing in some long screws).
I've been playing golf for over 20 years (still pretty badly) and I played twice in the last two weeks, neither time seemed to irritate the nodules, in fact my hands felt better after the golf than they did last night. I think that I clench my hands at night though.
Al.
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05/22/2006 23:54
Max Solendernot registered
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05/22/2006 23:54
Max Solendernot registered
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I had the same thing!
I had TFCC surgery and didn't recover well. I was in a cast twice for 6 weeks (12 week in total).
After the second cast was removed I noticed the bump in my hand and was given the DC diagnosis. The doctor told me there was no connection between the cast and DC, but I wonder...
It is awfully coincidental.
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05/23/2006 23:29
Cathy 
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05/23/2006 23:29
Cathy
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Broken Hand and DC Diagnosis
This is also coincidental in that I broke my left wrist in Feb. 2005 and developed a Dupuytren's nodule in the palm of my left hand in Nov. 2005. I still wonder if this is related to the break and subsequent time spent in a cast.
Something to think about anyway.
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05/23/2006 23:27
Randy H. not registered
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05/23/2006 23:27
Randy H. not registered
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The Connection is Clear
Read the thread: "CAN INJURY CAUSE DUPE ". Start at the *bottom* to avoid the spammisters.
In my opinion, the direct correlation between trauma to the hand and the onset of Dups has not been studied well enough to give scientific certainty to this connection. However, from posts made here (my case included) the connection seems *strong* indeed. Dupuytren's tissue is collagen, which is what makes up scar tissue. It is not unreasonable to suspect that Dupuytren's is often the body's misguided attempt to heal itself after what it thinks is an injury of some kind.
Quite obviously, not all Dups can be traced to an injury. But I suspect that some trauma of some kind (even the "forgettable" kind) was the last straw for many of us before our disease first manifest itself.
Dups is a genetic predisposition. Trauma may be one of a number of factors that eventually sets it off.
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