Dupuytrens Contracture
A
disabling hand problem
Dupuytrens (du-pwe-tranz) contracture is a soft tissue problem
affecting the palms of the hands. It has a lot in common with a
large group of soft tissue conditions that are controversial,
non-life threatening and very perplexing because there is no
known cause and no real cure. Additionally, like most of the
other problems in this group, there is a wide variety of
opinions, research findings and statistics that vary from one
expert to another. Thus, a person with Dupuytrens contracture
can receive a wide array of information from medical experts
that very often leads to contradiction, confusion and
disagreement. Attempting to learn some of the basic information
about Dupuytrens contracture can be a very discouraging task, to
say the least.
In a case of Dupuytrens contracture, one or both palms can
develop a variable amount of hardening and contraction of the
tough fibrous layers of tissue directly over the tendon sheaths
of the fingers, resulting in various degrees of pain and
limitation of one or more fingers so affected. The medical
profession maintains that Dupuytrens contracture is a medical
condition that requires close professional attention, but also
maintains there is not much that can be done for this problem,
other than surgical repair (which has a high rate of
dissatisfaction and complications). As a result, there is often
a lot of watching and waiting in the management of Dupuytrens
contracture to determine if surgery might later be considered as
a last resort treatment if the condition worsens.
CAPTION: Dupuytrens contracture changes of shortening,
puckering, dimpling and thickening in the tissue of the palm,
with variable flexion of one or more fingers can be seen in
these photos
Anyone who has recently developed Dupuytrens contracture is
either concerned about loosing the normal use of one or both
hands, or has already done so. Many who have had
Dupuytrens
contracture surgery are not
happy with the results of surgery or the prospect that even
after having the surgery the contracture often returns and
results in greater distortion and disuse of the hand. Both
groups are misinformed about how much Alternative Medicine can
possibly assist the drawing up and hardening of tissue in the
palm of the hand.
Greetings, we welcome you to this website. We are a group of
doctors who practice Alternative Medicine; our concern at first
was the alternative care of
Peyronie’s disease, another
soft tissue problem that has many findings similar to
Dupuytren’s contracture. Over a period of time we noticed an
interesting relationship between these two conditions. The first
is the striking similarity of tissue changes on a cellular level
between these two problems. Because of this, anywhere from 10%
to 25% of men who have Peyronie’s disease also have Dupuytren’s
contracture. Secondly, the association between these two
problems can explain the frequency of improvement in a case of
Dupuytrens contracture when the only treatment being provided is
for Peyronies disease.
We have taken our experience and knowledge about Peyronie’s
disease, and further applied it to the condition of Dupuytren’s
contracture.
If you are new to Dupuytrens contracture, this website will
present interesting treatment options from around the world that
you might not know about. For those who have already dug deeply
into the Alternative Medicine literature, you will find this
website is valuable because it brings together in one location
many important and valuable treatments you have only read about.
We have made it easy for you to select and purchase high-grade
products for your alternative care – all from one source. It
should be encouraging for you to realize that you have treatment
options – lots of them – to increase your chance to recover more
fully with less pain and less loss of finger movement.
We have found that people with Dupuytrens contracture want to do
as much as possible for this problem. Yes, you can believe it;
we have found that people are keenly interested in keeping the
full use of their hands. No one seems to mind that the
alternative and complimentary medical approaches we advocate are
not yet accepted by the medical establishment. A person whose
fingers are flexing into a useless and strange fist tends to
become a little impatient waiting for some scientist to OK a
medical treatment for their problem. The opinion of the doctors
of DCI is that it is reasonable and safe for someone with
Dupuytrens contracture to attempt to improve the eventual
outcome of this condition by faithfully and aggressively uses
existing – but currently – unproven conservative treatment
methods that are based on sound science and common sense. For a
tongue-in-cheek look at how Dupuytrens contracture is usually
treated, click “I’m
Sorry Your House is on Fire”.
Please feel free to explore this website to help expand thinking
and knowledge about alternative care of Dupuytrens contracture.
It could be the best favor that anyone could ever places in your
hands.
For ideas and suggestions to organize an effective Alternative
Medicine treatment plan, click
Create
Dupuytrens Treatment Plan
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