Dupuytren Disease

• Dupuytren disease runs in families

• Particularly if your ancestors are from Britain or Scandinavia

• It starts with bumps in the palm

• There is no way to know if it will bend the finger or not

• There is no way to know how much it will bend

• We've been searching for years, but we haven't found anything that makes the bending better or worse

Ways to get the finger straighter

1. Poke it with a needle

2. Inject it to weaken it

3. Operate to remove some of it