Dupuytrens contracture...

[Shadow]

...anyone here had it diagnosed? Until today I'd never heard of it.

As there is no method to prevent it or cure it, how did you 'manage' it?
Did you cope without resorting to surgery?

 

[Sharky]

Runs in our family, we must have Viking ancestry.

Not really heard of that medical term, but "claw hand" or "glue hand" and "trigger finger".

My mum and uncle both suffered and my brother, has had surgery to release the tendons and allow his hand to open again.

I don't suffer to the same extent, but one of my fingers is developing "trigger finger", where when I bend my finger, it snaps into a locked position. Gives me a little bit of pain when I force it out of the locked position.

From my brother's experience, surgery does seem to be effective. Your symptoms probably need to deteriate to the point where it affects your daily life, before surgery is considered.

 

[midlife]

It’s often asked asked of medical and dental students in exams as it’s an awkward spelling. Like carpal tunnel, some sort of physical intervention is really the only option if treatment is required

 

[MadMalx]

Commonly recurs a few years after surgery though.
Some hereditary linkage.
Dad & elder brother both badly affected when younger than me, I have it mildly.

 

[Beebo]

My dad has it. Had an operation about 10 years ago, to release the tendons but it didn’t really work. He now just lives with it. It doesn’t really hold him back. He’s average fitness for 78.

I had no idea that it is Scandinavian. We are of danish decent many generations ago.