- Common
- Usually arises in middle age or later
- More common in men than women.
- May be genetic, or associated with diabetes, smoking, alcohol or previous trauma
- Characterised by lumps, pits, cords and nodules in palmar/fingers
- Finger flexion contracture develops over months/years
- Nodules over back of the PIP joints (Garrod's pads)
- Not usually painful
- No cure
For information if patients ask about treatments:
- Steroid injections: These may help with local tenderness, but have no significant effect on the disease and are therefore not recommended.
- Xiapex(Collagenase) injection: This drug has now been withdrawn from the market for treatment of Dupuytren's.
- Radiotherapy: Radiotherapy is an experimental treatment offered in some research centres. It is NOT available on the NHS on Scotland.