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Claw hand?? 15-Jun-2012 At 10:47:57 AM dmnz

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On 15/06/2012 shortman wrote:
>On 14/06/2012 stugang wrote:
>>Nope dmnz is talking http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dupuytren%27s_contracture
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>>Shorty is talking about keeping on smashing things until the things that
>>smash get smashed.
>>
>>I have the beginnings of the former on both hands (hereditary) but none
>>of the latter...yet....
>
>Your right Stu, it aint that. That's an old mans disease.

Dupuytren's unfortunately doesn't seem to go away, even after surgery. It keeps coming back so no there is no cure but isn't necessarily an old man's disease as you put it. I know of people getting it in their 30s etc if not earlier. If not congenital then it's partly overuse so not surprising for climbers who use their flexors a lot.

Claw hand on the other hand, so to speak, is a nerve pathology I think.