re: #90 calochortus

All the best to you (and your surgeon!)

I am suitably grateful that my Dupuytren’s doesn’t really seem to be progressing much, if at all recently, nor is the similar lump on the bottom of my foot (plantar fibromatosis.) I hope it stays that way…

I have had huge lumps in the bottom of my feet (Lederhosen Disease) since my Dupuytren’s first kicked off. (It is the same disorder.) It actually takes quite a bit to cause trouble to your feet.

To you hands though, a different story. The VA used to withhold operating until contractures were beyond 45 degrees. Current thinking is that nodules that form on the tendons should be treated as soon as possible, because Dupuytren’s can permanently damage joints (mine are).

It most often attacks the ring finger, followed by the little finger. Currently mine is attacking both thumbs, and my left index finger (currently bent at nearly fifty degrees with the middle joint likely permanently damaged).

Risk factors (aside from northern or eastern European ancestry):

Drinking a lot of alcohol, although most people with the disease do not have alcoholism
Diabetes
Seizures, such as those seen in people with epilepsy
Smoking

From the Hypochondria Encyclopaedia, a description of the disorder, with pictures, drawings, treatments, and outcomes:

webmd.com