i am 31 years old and have been told i have dupuytren's contracture (although a bump in my left palm is the only sign that i have it). i am wondering if anyone else was diagnosed in their 30s, what to expect as far as progression of the dupuytren's, and if there is anything i can do to slow it's progress?

I have recently come back from Paris after being treated by Dr.Badois for DC. I have documented my experience at my website complete with pictures.
http://members.rogers.com/dupcon

Dave

A doctor on the northern portion of this continent has been trained at the Lariboisierre Teaching Hospital, Paris and has been recommended by Dr. Lermusiaux. They are attempting to set up a practice and after permits and insurance are secured intend to begin. A date for this is unknown as of yet to me. I've had one surgery and a recurrence has developed. I believe Needle Aponevrotomy involves cutting the diseased facia partly, followed by manipulation to pull-apart the remainder, then P.T. with splinting. I've read that success compares equally w/surgery, costs much less, no hospital involvement. good luck…

My husband and I are missionaries in Paraguay, South America. He has DC of both hands, and nodules on the feet. Five dfferent doctors (some were family physicians, one orthopedic, one plastic surgeon with specialty in hands) recommended he have surgey. We put it off for awhile, as there wasn't a surgeon with much experience in it in this country. We recently heard of a German Dr. who grew up and trained here, then spent 5 years in Germany specializing in hands. He has done this surgery many times. My husbands pinky was classifed at Stage 2. He had surgery almost 4 weeks ago. Mild stretching was recommended, as tolerated, then more agressive deep massage and hand exercising (sqeezing and stretching) after the stitches were removed, along with using lotion on the sight. At the tme of the stitch removal, we were alarmed that the suture lines looked so prominent, and that the pinky didn't seem much better, with it being swollen and stiff. He told us that there was "hypertrophy", and excess scar tissure, and that the deep massage would help and would also desensitize the scar. Now, the scar is looking better, but there are new dimples or pits appearing in 3 locations around the surgical sight, and there are several places that there seems to be hard, long bands beside and around the palm scar. The pinky is still very tingly, swollen, and pulling down more. The ring finger also seems to be starting to pull down a little. His mobiblity is worse than before, and he didn't have shooting pains before. We go see the Dr. again next week (1 week and 1 day post op). We wonder if the disease hasn't come back even worse. We are from New York State, and are wondering if any one knows of a good doctor in that area that has experience with this. We are concerned that if we wait too long, that even more ground will be lost. We had only read some textbook material on Dupuytrens before the surgery, so we thought we were doing the right thing, but now we wonder. Any advice or information will be appreciated!

Thank you!
Peggy

THANK YOU DR. BADOIS. GOD BLESS YOU.