A little over 3-4 years ago I was having a lot of pain in my hards whenever I was setting traps or using my hands a lot and thought I had started to develop arthritis. I eventually got to a point that I had to have setters for any trap I was setting.
I had knots I thought were calluses develop in the palms of my hands at the base of my thumbs and my ring fingers. Sometimes I could not even grip even a cup of coffee due to the pain of anything putting pressure on the knots.
The knots at my ring fingers finally developed into thick cords running from the finger towards the heel of my hands. Any future I may have had doing dish soap commercial is now gone Im afraid.
I went to the Dr. a little over a year ago and she immediately recognized the signs of Dupuytren’s Contracture which she said is a conditions diabetics are prone to developing.
My Dr says she can numb my hand and then scrape the tendon sheaths to break up tissue build up in the tendon sheaths with a needle. I ain't exactly crazy about that idea. I understand there is a medicine on the market you can take but its got some undesirable side effects like ED, multiple clonings of your ex wives, projectile diarrhea, bad breath and low gas milage to name a few.
Has anyone else on TMan have this condition and advise treatments you are familiar with?
It is hereditary, so One or more of your relatives may have it also.
Also Called "Viking's disease" because it afflicts those with
Northern European ancestory.
My older sister and myself have it.
She was leaning towards surgery to treat it
but then went to whatever drug MD's use to treat it.
She is a nurse, has a permanent makeup clinic,
and runs a Botox salon in Virginia so she has to
work with her hands so surgery with recovery
was not an attractive option.
Whatever the drug is has worked well and she is "In remission"
from the damage and the symptoms.
Myself, I have just been living with it with minimal problems with
my hands so far.
walleyed