Are Your Fingers Curving? Dupuytren's Contracture

[@carolynkotlas2248]

I have had the contracture in my right pinky finger for many years. The hand specialist I initially consulted did not think it required any medical intervention. Although the contracture worsened a little over the years, it hasn’t affected other fingers on either hand. Despite the contracture, I am able to carry on my normal tasks. I knit and crochet with no difficulty. I mainly have to be careful washing my face so that I don’t poke myself with that finger. 😄 At age 77 I think I will just continue to live with it and not consider surgery. Thank you for this very informative episode!

[@wayne.edward.clarke]

Another episode I wasn't going to watch, since it wasn't about a condition I had any reason to think might affect me, but I watched it anyway, and I'm glad I did. It was interesting, entertaining, and I value the understanding. By far the best medical channel on KZbin. You have my vote for the coolest guys on the internet.

[@genesmay6589]

I made it to 40 never having it. The beast just wakes up when it wants to randomly as far as I'm concerned.

[@melissaking3618]

I have it in both hands for about 20 years. One hand has been treated twice with Xyaflex. It will need another treatment soon as I now have a cord between my thumb and pointer finger. Very painful when opening jars or using my hand to hold something. The other hand needed surgery to cut the cord between thumb and finger. Also that pinkie is permanently crooked. I had a TKR a few months ago. Many thanks to the docs for their excellent advice. I am 72 and female and Norwegian/Swedish.

[@BoomVang]

There is a video on how to loosen jar tops with a knife that works great. Works better with a screwdriver; you just break the suction by flicking a tiny tab under the lid and twist. Uff da!

[@joanwootton9388]

My father had Dupuytren’s Contracture in his little finger. He never had surgery because he had a heart condition and his heart specialist recommended he not have the surgery. Both my older brother and my older sister had it. My sister had the surgery twice and was told she could not have it again because she made too much scar tissue. So far, at the age of 71, I have not developed it, but I am constantly on the look out. Thank you for the information.

[@pastorcdb4247]

I'm having surgery this Tuesday from this.

[@vickiepatterson1748]

Here in America, we have constant commercials for prescription medications. Like we're going to ask our doctor for a specific prescription after hearing the 30 side effects of that medicine.🙄 We also have a commercial for this disease. But the commercial isn't for any medicine, it's informing us where to go and who to see for treatment. It's really refreshing to see an informative commercial instead of trying to cram more prescriptions down us! This video was also helpful for potential treatment! To finally have a solution without pharmaceuticals! There's a time and place for prescription medication but not broadcasting it constantly on our TV's! As if the commercials weren't bad enough, now they're singing and dancing so you don't forget them. Our commercials are getting out of hand! Thanks for another great video!👍

[@blueskysailing]

Yes! Getting a prescription for this is crazy.

[@kristilindley7849]

Yes, after hearing all the possible side effects from all the poison being offered to the public on TV, anyone who goes ahead and asks their "health provider" for any of them, needs a padded room. If a drug has ANY of those horrible "side effects" it should NEVER have been approved to begin with! But big pharma has high-paid lobbyists who get anything approved, they are commissioned to get approved. (Plus, big pharma is protecting themselves by telling us about the side effects...to keep from being taken to court! If you are dumb enough to take such-and such poison, after being warned...well, that's your problem! The truth is, it should be against the law to advertise prescription drugs on TV. I heard that the stations get huge amounts ($$$$$$$$) for those drug ads. It's always about the $$$$$! Also, the term "health provider" is a joke. No doctor is trained to give us health...they only know three things...drug...cut...or burn. That's, some drug that takes care of a symptom....or surgery to remove or "fix" something...or use radiation to burn away the problem. They have ZERO information or knowledge about creating actual HEALTH! In other words, if a patient has, say, high blood pressure, they will be given high blood pressure pills. These pills do lower the blood pressure...by making the veins flabby. (This is WHY so many men are now taking Viagra...all the veins in their penis are too flabby to create an erection!) So, the blood pressure pills do lower the blood pressure, but they do not keep the veins and arteries from continuing to be coated with fats and plaques, which eventually leads to a stroke or heart attack. Plus, those blood pressure drugs damage the kidneys, which leads to even more complications. See, there is no $$$$$ in prevention! There is no money in health! "They" must keep us sick...or go broke! We are not supposed to know that NUTRITION is about 90% of good health! Doctors get almost NO training in nutrition...no more than they learned in the 6th grade...eat from the 4 basic food groups... which for sure will keep you in the doctor's office or hospital! (You must go vegetarian if you want any kind of health and stay at a healthy weight! I lost 50 pounds 40 years ago, after going vegetarian, and have kept it off all these years.) Another giant source of disease is from VACCINES! Those GIVE YOU DISEASE! They are the means of bringing about "flu season"...for example! We are informed every fall..."It's flu season! Make sure to get your flu shot!" So, all the people run out and get filled with flu germs and spread the flu to everybody! (The flu does NOT come from any weather change...but from a poison needle!) Most people do not know that it is impossible to make someone "immune" by injecting germs, or any other trash, into their veins! The ONLY way we can become immune to anything... is by our own body's process. ALL VACCINES ARE POISON! Of my four children... one had NO VACCINES! The other three had some. Those three "caught" everything going around...while the son who received zero vaccines, was NEVER SICK...NOT EVEN ONCE! He had perfect attendance at school, never missed a single day! The other three had many, many sick days, and were always seeing the doctor. And my unvaccinated son was right there with his sick siblings, even though they had fevers and were throwing up, even sleeping in the same room, even the same bed! When I was about 8 years old, my grandma sent my mother a bunch of literature about the horrors of vaccines, and begged her to not give us polio shots. All those years later, I remembered that and that was why that one son had no vaccines. Have you seen the shingles TV ad, where they say...."If you had chicken pox as a child, the shingles virus is already in you!" How dare they make such a sweeping comment as that? Because, they KNOW that every vaccine that GAVE you chicken pox... had a "sleeper virus" that would "wake up"... 50 or so years later... and you have shingles! There is NO WAY that chicken pox morphs into shingles! Impossible! Right now there is a class action law suit, against one of the big drug companies, by hundreds of people who got the shingles vaccine, and came down with shingles. Did you know that one of the baby vaccines, one of the possible side effects is autism? YES! My daughter has been an elementary school teacher for over 25 years, and she says she is seeing more and more autism in her classes. Drugs GIVE people illness... and then they need MORE DRUGS SIDE EFFECTS! One woman said she was taking 44 different drugs, each to combat some side effect from another drug! But see...THAT IS HOW BIG PHARMA STAYS RICH! THEY MUST KEEP US SICK...OR GO BROKE! Plus, we are now in depopulation, when "they:" want to get rid of 6 BILLION HUMANS...and VACCINES are part of the PLAN...while getting rich at the same time! When it comes to ANY VACCINE...JUST SAY "NO!" For Big TRUTH! kristi

[@chrispage2782]

this is EXACTLY what I have. It causes me no pain, nor discomfort, but I would like to get it treated. Thanks so much for this info…now to find a hand surgeon…thanks a million!

[@Kalense]

Try to avoid surgery. Look into the possibility of radiation therapy instead.

[@nemo227]

Important for everyone. We all use our hands every day, constantly. It would be nice if we all had doctors this good.

[@lulamamie8524]

Yes, I have Dupuytren’s Contracture in both of my hands. My sister also has it. I went to an Orthopedic Doctor early on. He told me about all of the options that you discussed in this video. I have many lumps in both hands, but I do not have any fingers pulling towards the palm of my hand, yet. 🎉 My hands do not hurt at all. The only thing I have are the lumps. My mother waited wayyyyy toooo long (way back when) to have the surgery. Her fingers never straightened back out. I on the other hand, with the information I now have, will not wait as long as my mother. Perhaps “they” didn’t have the knowledge back then that we have now? I am 66 yo now. My mother probably had her surgery when she was about the age that I am now. The advancement in Medicine is awesome!! Thank you Docs for this video!!! I did share it with my sister ❤🎉

[@sofarsogut]

I had 5 surgeries on my hands left and right. The first one was in 2008. I'm 82

[@constantinedimopoulos1110]

Great video. I have recently been diagnosed with the condition. The advice I received at this point was to monitor it, and if it gets worse, I would be referred to a Plastic Surgeon. It was surprisingly diagnosed with an MRI referral as opposed to an observational diagnosis. I can flatten my hand, and it doesn’t bother me much but it is sometimes annoying.

[@WillNewcomb]

Thank you. My dad suffered badly in both hands. 10 years ago I noticed lumps in my palms which the doctor confirmed was DC. Now at 75 my hands don't seem to have deteriorated and fingers don't appear to have curled. Fingers crossed haha!!!

[@Beruthiel45]

When I was younger it was known as the Viking disease, and, my family is from the northeast of England but we also have Irish and Scottish ancestry, so it wasn't surprising when my male cousin, the next in age after me of all us cousins, developed a severe case of Dupuytren's. I have right hand palm lumps but no contracture, just a not quite flat hand, and no pain. Our family DNA shows us as having several percentage points of Scandinavian as well as our Celtic heritage. I recently read that the Viking or Celtic tags for this disease are not in fact correct. The reason it is mostly found in northern Europeans has been linked to having Neanderthal genes. I found that so interesting, and I rather like knowing we have a genetic link to those humans who were there before home sapiens showed up We were here first! 😉 I'm very glad to have lived till now, long enough to learn so much about our beginnings and evolution through DNA research, as well as the history of all species. As Spock said, fascinating. 🤔😎

[@angelhelp]

77-year-old brother dealt with the left ringfinger for a few months and had the needle treatment. About 2 1/2 months later, it was as if he had never been treated. Just for the record, he’s a lifetime teetotaler.

[@martinvandenbroek2532]

Very informative. In my native tongue, i.e. Dutch, this disease is referred to as a "coachman's hand". (koetsiershand)

[@rreiter]

You have no idea how nice it is to put your hand flat under your pillow or play guitar again. Mine started middle and ring finger around age 40 and I ignored it for a decade until one about 90 degrees. I wish I hadn't waited. Surgery fixed it, physiotherapy + scar massage returned utility and appearance to almost entirely normal. Now after another 10 years still a happy hand.

[@corgigal8]

Good to hear option for needle aponeurotomy was mentioned as a treatment offered in Canada. I have yet to find a plastic surgeon or doctor aware of this in Calgary. They all just say come back for surgery when it gets worse.

[@MynewTennesseeHome]

WOW, I just got some of those this summer along my life line in my right palm. I was initially worried about cancer. It isn't affecting my hand/finger mobility. I stretch regularly.

[@WilliamNAllen]

Dr. Is great! So well I formed. Great episode.

[@corgigal8]

I have Dupuytren’s in both hands and Ledderhose in both feet. This video was good but there are many who have this disease who do suffer with pain so it is incorrect to call this a painless disease. I underwent radiation therapy as I had rapid progression and higher diathesis. It was suggested as a treatment that could slow it down. This disease is so hard as many people will not progress to contracture and there are no tests to determine who will and who will not.

[@tamer1773]

My brother had the Xiaflex injections and he said it was pretty useless and the aftermath was quite painful as it involved manipulating the fingers to break up the collagen. I've had seven hand surgeries over the past twenty five years, five of them for Dupuytren's. One surgery was so involved that I was on the table for over four hours. I'm lucky to have an excellent hand surgeon here on Long Island and right now the fingers of both hands are pretty straight and I've lost no feeling in any of them. The surgery did involve a lot of very small stitches, but the pain was minimal and I only took pain meds for a day or two after each surgery. The recovery period is several weeks as the sutures are removed gradually over time, but again there is little pain and I have regained full function in both hands.

[@nlptrckshmn5535]

It is NOT a PAINLESS disease.

[@channelsixtyseven067]

Long before there was any restrictive movement in my fingers, the contractures caused a LOT of pain. It got quite intolerable, so I had them cut out over a number of years when they appeared.

[@DrSteveQatar]

Father had it, not treated because of age and other conditions, no signs of it on my hands. Great informative video.

[@cathylaycock5598]

My 93 yr old neighbour has this on both her hands. She’s had a plastic joint in a thumb, now she can’t use her thumb. Her fingers on both hands are causing the contractions. Surgeons have cut the tendons, (at least that’s what she said was done), but her fingers went right back in less than 2 months. She’s given up on it years ago and deals with with it to the best of her ability. Another neighbour and I help her where we can. She also has younger friends that visit regularly and also help her out. 😊❤️

[@andiamoci22]

I am in Germany and I have had DC since 2018 . Here we also have the option of Radiation therapy which unfortunately was not mentioned by the Drs. I have had little to no progression of my DC. and research shows an 80% success rate for RT. I dont know why it was not mentioned here... We even have a Facebook Group for people who want to exchange info about Radiation Therapy and DC. We also do not have Xiaflex here. So glad they busted the myth about alcohol. Some research indicates genetic factor as well as some trauma to trigger the build up of collagen and contracture.

[@mkpears]

I had pre-diabetes, and a Dupuytren's Contracture next to my little finger bones on my middle palm. I fixed my diet, no longer pre-diabetec or in metabolic syndrome, the Dupuytren's Contracture is almost gone now.

[@philedwards2679]

Thanks for the video. It was very helpful. I suffer with this condition, but luckily, mine is very mild. I first noticed it about 15 years ago, and my ring finger has only a slight curve to it. I'm 68 years old, so I will probably be long gone before any surgery is required.

[@KennnnyBoy]

Thanks for the advice. Love this channel and the commen sense and literature/ research based information!

[@bethstewart1319]

These docs are great, just plain language (and a bit of humour). I have a thumb that won't straighten, never knew why. Now I know.

[@yvesf5355]

Great Video Get one done Tomorrow ,My 3rd one ,thanks

[@Grace-mr3eb]

John has this! As well as Elaine’s hubby!

[@daisydot5441]

My friend has it. It’s no laughing matter. Healing after the op was long and painful. She has ongoing physio and acupuncture. Her hand looks very different now.

[@andiamoci22]

Does it look better or worse?

[@garryhall7004]

I have just had my sixth sixth operation done this week index finger and thumb surgery have been successful every time. Only way to go.

[@genesmay6589]

I would think after 2 they would remove it all and do skin grafts. Six seems like I'd be just buying the doctor houses and boats.

[@MehrnooshMehrdad]

You docs are great❤

[@darlenericotta]

Thank you for very informative videos! God bless you both!

[@Kalense]

A lot of misinformation and misunderstanding too.

[@paulklarin8544]

I have had it in both hands beginning at @ 60. By itself it was not too painful or incapacitating. But with the onset of arthritis in the joints, it became a problem. I got the enzyme injection on one cord at age 70. It was quick, low-pain, very effective and has lasted 5 years. I would like to use it on the other hand but it is no longer available in Europe, so I'm going to have surgery. I will gladly pay for the injection again when I'm in the USA.

[@marciaborg77]

Thanks for sharing

[@woodsman335]

I had trigger finger in both hands for years. Finally got surgery and great results. Sounds similar

[@bobreynolds744]

I put up with this on my little finger for years. I just had them cut my finger off at the second joint. Out of the way now, Love it.

[@blueskysailing]

Seriously?? 😧

[@LoveBeyondStars]

I have it in my left, non-dominant hand. 2 Nodules and cords but not evident contracture. I chose radiation...two years ago...and it was fanstically successful for me.

[@Kalense]

I'm so glad to hear that the radiation therapy was effective. It was for me too.

[@richardsugden7261]

I have had three fingers operated on , one of them twice, and now have a fourth finger which needs an operation. I had my first operation at 49 years old , I’m 74 now . At around 62 I was diagnosed with Peyronie’s Disease. I live in Yorkshire Northern England, my surgeon said I must be descended from Vikings who invaded and settled in the UK because they brought DP from Scandinavia.

[@Kalense]

That stupid Viking trope just won't die.

[@elsafischer3247]

Good morning from Switzerland. Could you talk about craniospinal hypotension. Thank you

[@HappyComfort]

Thanks! That was fun!

[@PenelopePeppers]

I was diagnosed with this over a year ago along with a broke elbow over a year ago. Dr. said I had this disease for yrs. based on the size of nodules.

[@maryferguson9442]

I have had dupuytrens since my mid-30’s and have had several needle releases. The nodules started in my knuckles not in my palm. I would advise anyone with this condition to consider the injectable ( for one finger) or the needle release. Almost complete recovery the next day!

[@georgedrake1430]

What hospital do you two work out of

[@gigismalley]

I was diagnosed with Dupuytren's on both my hands and feet. It's really painful, especially on my feet.

[@shakrmaker]

Dupuytren's aside, those dark blue scrubs w/white lettering look awesome. Something to wear around town. :)

[@stephaniehyatt309]

About 3 years ago, I developed a trigger finger (not my first) but noticed the knot in my palm during push-ups. I suspected Dupuytren's, as my mother had it. My finger had (has) not started bending. My doc injected the trigger finger with cortisone and said to keep an eye on the tendon. I started doing some simple had exercises and massage recommended by PTs. Initially, I did them 5-10 minutes a day, and now I do them when my finger feels tight or stiff. Thankfully, it hasn't progressed. If it does, hopefully it will be slowly 🤞🏼

[@blueskysailing]

I have it in my left hand by the pinky and ring finger. It's mostly just annoying but also can be uncomfortable when trying to cut up vegetables as I can't lay my hand flat enough. I'm 75 now, female, so I probably won't get it fixed. I've heard this condition is also called Vikings disease. I've wondered if my dad had it. He was Norwegian. 🇳🇴🙋❤

[@frankhaslam3543]

In the United Kingdom (Great Britain) they are now able to treat it with radiotherapy at private hospitals, it is only done at the early stages of the contracture it's not done on the National Health Service.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Interesting

[@EvrShop-lp8en]

I have had surgery preformed on three fingers, a thumb is next. I would add this comment. Advanced contracture, if left untreated, risks broken bones from falls.

[@billdrake3721]

I have had surgeries in my thirties, needle, and Xlyflex injection. It seems to be to be ok as of now.

[@alfalfa1478]

I had the xiapex treatment in the UK having previously had the needle to break the tendon, both of which were extremely painful experiences and ultimately unsuccessful. A friend had the surgery, took over 6 months of physio and pain, a year later it returned but there is no way he would have the surgery option again, neither would I have the other treatments again. We both have decided to just live with it.

[@frankhaslam3543]

But at least they tried, it doesn't always work for everyone, nothing in surgery is guaranteed.

[@clionamm]

I found the lump a few months ago. No problem yet putting hand flat on a table. Irish here, and my mom had it too, both her pinkie fingers were pulled in, but it never bothered her. Mine is below middle finger...I hate needles so hopefully it won't get any worse!

[@alfalfa1478]

I’ve had the needle option and the xiapex option, extremely painful and ultimately unsuccessful. I had the shock therapy, a waste of time. A friend had the surgery followed by over 6 months of painful recovery, only to have it return a year later. Neither of us would repeat our experiences and have both decided to just live with it 🙁

[@CyberSnowAngel]

Cheers Dr. Paul Zalzal 🍷😉 from Regina Saskatchewan Canada 🇨🇦 eh

[@cosleon3]

How about radiation treatment like electron therapy to treat early stage disease?

[@Kalense]

They don't know about it because they haven't really done the research.

[@theyellowtiburon]

I have trigger finger right hand middle finger and dupuyterns both hands. Three years ago I had two 1 week rounds of radiation on both hands. That slowed the dupuytrens! I had multple steroid injections for trigger finger. Surgeon in Orlando said no more, only surgery. First surgery over extended my finger and broke pully from bed causing bow finger. New surgeon harvested a tendon from my arm to tie around bone for new pully. 3 surgeries and all the scar is now pulling my finger like dupuytrens.

[@carstenschipperen5827]

aka the Celtic claw

[@julianb1474]

I have it on ring finger only, just like the photo here. Had the needle treatment at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto after having my wedding ring cut off. This worked and I put the ring back on, only for the problem to gradually return after a few years. Went back for a second treatment about 8 years ago. It too worked and this time I didn't put the ring back. Have been stable ever since. Moral for us Vikings - don't wear a wedding ring! edit. I'm now 76. All my other fingers are OK so far, the ring finger never got 100% straight after the second treatment but it didn't get any worse. My ancestry is Yorkshire, England, Viking territory.

[@mikecarroll6599]

Had the surgery 2 years ago . Within 6 months same condition. Possible second kick at the cat . Just the joint in baby finger this time . Discussed amputation with hand surgeon . Try one more before that root.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

Best of luck to you

[@katherinez9654]

My grandmother had it and her thumb was greatly affected. She went in for surgery and they were going to do a Novocain block. When they injected it they put it in her artery by mistake and stopped her heart. They got her back but she never went back to get it fixed. I am 63 and have had it for about 20 years. I have it in both hands, a wrist and the arch of my right foot. It’s not curling my hands up to badly but I do get Charlie horses on the pinky side of my hand quite often. My hands have lots of nodules in the palms and at the base of my thumbs. One of my ring fingers is pulling up but I can still flatten my hands on a table.

[@koneill1771]

I have this starting. I am 64 of Celtic heritage. I have been doing shockwave therapy and it seems to be holding. Hopefully it stays mild.

[@andiamoci22]

Try Radiation Therapy

[@tonysummers2334]

I have it too, I had radio therapy but sadly it had no effect and it's slowly getting worse.

[@Kalense]

I'm sorry to hear that. How long ago did you have the therapy, and at what stage were your hands when you had it?

[@tonysummers2334]

@Kalense about 4 years ago I had radio therapy on my hand. I had a slight curl in my little finger and some thickening in another. The finger is quite curled now and I have nodules in my palm. The benefits are my hand doesn't sweat anymore 😀.

[@lucilleyoung4744]

I knew a former surgeon with this condition and had to switch to another branch of medicine

[@channelsixtyseven067]

I've had three of them in different places, cut out of my right hand. The odd thing about this is, that I'm left handed where I have no contractures. Both hands I've had the carpal tunnels cut, to relieve nerve pain in my fingers.

[@47retta]

I have it in my middle finger. But it only contracts when i grip something, such as wringing a cloth or picking up a heavy cast iron pan . I have to use my other hand to uncurl it. It does affect the function of that hand, in that i can't use it until i uncurl the finger. Try picking something up with the middle finger curled, you'll see.

[@truthdefenders-]

I started getting it in my right hand, still have very good movement but it is painful and bothers me when I lift weights. I found out my family comes from the Basque Country (Northern Spain) but other than that not sure how I would end up with a "Viking" issue.

[@sandywall3632]

Can you discuss De Quervain syndrome I have had it in my right wrist for 3 months. It is very painful to do gardening, housework or anything with my right hand. A splint helps but I wash my hands frequently and need to remove it and replace it often.

[@rebeccaendsley396]

If you know you may have inherited this and you suspect it is in the early stages, is there any kind of excercise or therapy you can do with your hand to prevent the progression?

[@Kalense]

No.

[@rainbowzebraunicornpegasus2962]

Would someone with EDS fair better or worse if you have the genes for this condition?

[@TalkingWithDocs]

That’s hard to say because they’re soft tissues are more pliable. I’m not sure if it is an issue for them. Good question.

[@exeuropean]

what if it is sometimes happening?

[@Kalense]

Then it's not Dupuytren's.

[@renategallagher5903]

Can this be caused by trauma on the hand due to trigger finger release operation? As this came straight after my surgery in 4 different fingers.

[@rajeevrajan2531]

Hello, I have a question? why can`t we just get rid of the nudule at the beginnig? If the nodule is removed successfully without damaging the nerves can we say goodbye to dupuytren or its otherway around?

[@miloradstefanovic1]

It got better. My own hand. A lot. After 10 years. Without the described interventions. Dr. med . Milorad Stefanović Blumenau 🍄

[@laurenp9597]

There is so much misinformation in this video. Yes, for many it's very painful and it is not a benign illness. It can greatly impair many day-to-day functions of your hands. Radiation therapy has been extremely effective for many thousands of people around the world and is the only treatment which doesn't trigger a rapid return of the disease (in fact, it often slows the progression dramatically), and wasn't mentioned here at all, I presume because surgeons prefer to cut. Please research this information online before subjecting yourself to highly invasive and painful treatments such as surgery or needle aponeurotomy.

[@Kalense]

100% agree with you Lauren. One hundred percent.

[@ankyspon1701]

Actually the misinformation is given by those trying to sell RT (radiation therapy)! You have to understand that when they claim RT has a 70-80% success rate, but the trouble with that claim is very simple, 70-80% of people will not develop a contracture without treatment anyway! In other words, 70% of those having RT do not actually need it, because it's well understood that less than 30% of those with Dupuytren's develop contracture. RT cannot stop contractures, that's why RT Dr's tell you to have RT 'before' a contracture starts! This proves that they only want to treat people who probably won't get a contracture anyway and that is the reason why their success claims are misinformation! I'm a member of countless Dupuytren's forums with thousands of members and there are hundreds of comments from those who've had RT but still developed contractures and others who have suffered terrible side effects from the radiation! The other misinformation from the RT sellers, is it's only low dose, but the truth is, it's the same total dose of radiation given to treat several types of cancer! 90% of those telling everyone to have RT, have no idea if the RT helped them or not! RT can decrease the size of nodules, but even then, it will not stop the hand contracting in the 30% who will develop a contracture! It's crazy to risk the side effects of radiation if you are going to be one of the 70% who won't develop a contracture anyway!

[@sandie1166]

I'm 73 year old female and I've had a lump on my right palm below my ring finger for years with no contracture. According to the information in the video, stretching doesn't help; however, I've stretched the fingers on that hand for years. I saw a hand doctor a few months ago (for another reason and he looked at this) and he would only be concerned if the finger started contracting. Is this in my future?

[@ginac2772]

I had this on ring finger on my dominant hand. I used a 3B cold laser to treat it, now completely gone. ( I had the laser at home because I bought it to treat my dog's arthritis).

[@gaylecook4101]

Is that the same thing called trigger finger? I have that and my doctor said that the best thing is to do surgery. My dad had in his finger too.

[@leestamm3187]

I've had a trigger finger corrected surgically. It is NOT the same thing as DC.

[@patnoble1914]

I have this in my left pinkie and mildly in the adjacent finger. I worked in the steel industry using heavy impact wrenches and tools. Do you think this had any effect? I am also left handed so I use this hand the most. I also have had a mild case of Peyronies disease. Are they related? I have seen a Dr. about my hand and they recommend surgery but I haven't scheduled it yet. What should I expect for recovery as to pain, time, etc.?

[@andiamoci22]

I have heard that it is both genetic and can be triggered by trauma to the hand as in your case.

[@Kalense]

Yes, they are related. Men with Dupuytren's or Ledderhose have a very much higher risk of Peyronie's than men without.

[@kalijasin]

This is the problem I have and it interferes very badly with my cycling.

[@MerylCanter-v1i]

Many surgeons will say Dupuytren’s is not painful and this is not true. The nodules can be painful and the chords make your hand tight and sore. Also why is there no mention of low dose radiation as a form of treatment in early diagnosed cases?

[@Joy21090]

Is this the same thing as "trigger finger"?

[@corgigal8]

No this is different. Trigger finger is the tendon sticking where Dupuytren’s is lumps and cords in the tissue.

[@Lazzar1958]

Napoleon Dynamite!! 🤣🤣

[@glennnaidoo6811]

Is this “trigger finger”?

[@TalkingWithDocs]

No. Very different. We have a video about trigger finger being released this week 😀

[@cowanthegreat8966]

Had one in my hand for about three years, its tiny and hasn't grown. 67yo.

[@cathyyarbrough9249]

Please stop telling people it's painless. You clearly don't have it! Those us who have it will tell you it absolutely is painful. It's itchy and can have a burning sensation when it's actively progressing and is quite painful at times. Hearing doctors tell me it's not painful when I'm sitting there with throbbing fingers and palms is patronizing. Also, radiation therapy is one of the best, most effective treatments and the least invasive treatments. Why don't you address RT in your discussion?

[@blueskysailing]

Yes it can be painful sometimes. I'm sorry yours is. Maybe the surgery would help you . 🙏🙋

[@MrGarystanislawski]

I have it, no lots of people with it. Never any pain

[@Ayush8-nl3kj]

How much will it cost?​@@blueskysailing

[@HanyKhalifa-b7l]

He said mostly

[@Ayush8-nl3kj]

All in the comments section are old age people.. Im still 18 and ive got this in my right hand the fourth finger its been 3 months and its incrediblly painfull and it started to bend and i cant even bend it backwords what should i have to do now after wacthing so many videos im just too scared that my hands will be like this forever... If anyone who has been completly recovered please give me some tips..

[@jayalanlife5926]

I had it and it went away when I changed my diet, my father had it and I traced my tree 23andme to Ireland. So I'm sure that I had it and sure that it's gone

[@TB-vo6rw]

Can you please share how you changed your diet?

[@gjmob]

Viking hand and drinking alcohol, who'd have thought.

[@manelk8]

I’ve had it for 30 years right pinky. I don’t drink, can hold a golf club and a coffee cup so I ignore it. Yes…English/Scottish heritage. Aye

[@FLOWERSANDSUNSHINE22]

Both my father and brother had this and underwent surgery for repair. Yes, we are Scottish.

[@TomMarden]

Cortisone did not work in my case, nor did it work in hip pain. Stop pushing cortisone.

[@TalkingWithDocs]

So we aren’t “pushing” cortisone. We both have 20 years of experience and have had a lot of patients who have had success with cortisone. Doesn’t work for everyone though. Like everything else in the world

[@HealthHaven998]

Thank you for very informative videos! God bless you both!