Does DC cause your fingers to shift posistion? I'm not sure if I have DC or not, but I had pain in the bottom of my right hand - way below my pinkie finger. The pain would come when I pressed to hard, but it went away after a couple of weeks. My hands and feet started itching a couple of months ago - like an itching sensation under the skin. That stopped after a month or so, but then I started noticing my fingers shifting and my hand changing shape. Both of hands are affected, but more so in my right hand. My knuckles seem to buckle at the middle joint and I have bony nodule things on my pinkies. The doctor tested for all kinds of arthritis and things of the like, but all of the tests came back negative. Has anyone ever had these symptoms?

Thanks,
Desiree

With this "table-top test" - are you supposed to force your fingers and plam flat just to see if you can do it? Or are you supposed to gently lay your hand down and see if it lays flat by itself?

Thanks,
Desiree

Sorry Desiree, forgot to say, go on www.handcenter.org
There is a lot of info there and it shows how the hand is when there is Dupuytrens.

Thanks for the information, I appreciate all of your feedback. I guess I'll just wait and see if it progresses, if I really do have the disease. I do strech my fingers everday just in case I might have it, so maybe that's why they haven't gotten much worse. I haven't had any particular injuries, I just do a lot of data entry so I constantly use my hands. I wonder if that's a contributing factor at all.