Dupuytren’s disease is a condition where the connective tissue that holds your skin onto your hands thickens and progressively tightens. As it tightens, it causes the joints on your hand to bend more and more, making certain tasks more difficult. While only one or two fingers are usually involved, in some cases it can involve almost all the fingers on both hands. It often starts as firm lump or nodule in the palm and can later develop into cord like bands that extend up the fingers or thumb. Occasionally the hand’s lumps are itchy but the condition is usually quite pain-free and slow to develop.
Causes of Dupuytren’s Contracture
No one knows what causes this disease, but we know that it is more common in people with Northern European heritage. Due to it being more prominent in people with Northern European heritage, it is often referred to as “Viking’s disease”.










