Re: Dupuytren's and thyroid

[Guest guest]

Hi Margaret, I also have Dupuytrens on my left hand. Last time

Dr Peatfield was doing a clinic at my house, he told me he also has this,

again, on his left hand and has suffered with it for years.

Thanks for directing these sufferers to our forum too -

hopefully, they will learn a lot.

Luv - Sheila

I have just had a little lightbulb moment. I am dipping in and out of a book by

Budd N.D., D.O. entitled WHY AM I SO TIRED in which there is a little

section of Dupuytren's and a connection with hypothryoidism. He states that

once people are treated with thyroid hormones this problem usually goes away.

My late father had an operation for this problem and when I look back he

probably did have thyroid problems but men being men, just got on with it! Now

I know where my thyroid problems come from! Here again the NHS is probably

doing thousands of these operations every year........NEEDLESSLY.

[Guest guest]

> Hi Margaret, I also have Dupuytrens on my left hand. Last time Dr Peatfield> was doing a clinic at my house, he told me he also has this, again, on his> left hand and has suffered with it for years.

Yep - same here. I have M. Dupuytren on the ring finger of my right hand, although it has never caused me any problems and since taking thyroid medication it feels like the fibrous tissues have eased off a bit. It certainly hasn't got any worse - same goes for my husband, who is also hypo.

[Guest guest]

Hi Sheila,

So, another NHS department needlessly treating this problem when these

patients need thyroxine. Do you think some doctors are keeping these

ailments undiagnosed to keep themselves in work???? Most of today's

diseases would just disappear once the proper diagnosis of

hypothryoidism was given. Big Pharma and jobs for the boys from medical

school methinks! Keep us all in the dark, subdued by fluoride and we

might all go away........and die.

Think I will mention my 'locking' finger to my GP just to see if she

knows there is a connection with my thyroid. Have others been told by

their GPs that the Dupuytrens is connected to their hypothyroidism I

wonder.

Sheila, did you not find any benefit from your medication on you finger?

How did the problem start? Was it your knuckle getting stuck?

Margaret

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> Hi Margaret, I also have Dupuytrens on my left hand. Last time Dr

Peatfield

> was doing a clinic at my house, he told me he also has this, again, on

his

> left hand and has suffered with it for years.

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>

>

>

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> I have just had a little lightbulb moment. I am dipping in and out of

a book

> by Budd N.D., D.O. entitled WHY AM I SO TIRED in which there is

a

> little section of Dupuytren's and a connection with hypothryoidism. >

>

[Guest guest]

I have been trying to work out for ages where my sister, brother and I got

Hashimoto's from. Both parents were possible sources. I had settled on my mother

although my father could fall asleep on a clothes line as my mother would say,

he otherwise seemed very fit but he did have fingers as you describe and

probably had Dupuytren's. As far as I can remember his little and ring fingers

were to some extent affected on both hands. He lived to a ripe old age of

94......

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> Hi,

>

> I have just had a little lightbulb moment. I am dipping in and out of a book

by Budd N.D., D.O. entitled WHY AM I SO TIRED in which there is a little

section of Dupuytren's and a connection with hypothryoidism. He states that

once people are treated with thyroid hormones this problem usually goes away. My

late father had an operation for this problem and when I look back he probably

did have thyroid problems but men being men, just got on with it! Now I know

where my thyroid problems come from! Here again the NHS is probably doing

thousands of these operations every year........NEEDLESSLY.

>

> I wonder how many of you on here have this problem which if you don't know

what it is, is when your ring or little finger flex towards the palm of your

hand. Margaret Thatcher had the same problem. I do notice sometimes that my

finger will lock and I have to concentrate on bending it. Perhaps this is not

connected, I don't know.

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> I would be interested to hear if anybody on here has a relative with this or

they themselves have it. Funny thing is that on the Dupuytren's site somebody

states that quite a few people on there also have thyroid problems but not sure

they have put the two and two together yet and of course if they have had the

tests they will be told they are NORMAL anyway! They have been directed to your

site Sheila!

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> Margaret

>

[Guest guest]

If you have Dupuytren's contracture, put iodine on it. DC is caused by hyperplasia or thickening of tissues, because cells do not die off due to lack iodine. The die-off of cells is called apoptosis. Apoptosis needs iodine. All cells are preprogrammed to die once they have reproduced themselves. This is how the body renews itself. Growths, cancers, moles and cysts are caused by lack of apoptosis due to lack of iodine. One drop of iodine twice a day should do the trick.

Surgery will alleviate the problem. It is a temporary solution if the issue of cell death is not addressed it will come back.

MacGilchrist

From: beatingRheumatoid Arthritis <margaretp09@...>thyroid treatment Sent: Sun, 20 February, 2011 13:44:05Subject: Re: Dupuytren's and thyroid

Hi Sheila,So, another NHS department needlessly treating this problem when thesepatients need thyroxine. Do you think some doctors are keeping theseailments undiagnosed to keep themselves in work???? Most of today'sdiseases would just disappear once the proper diagnosis ofhypothryoidism was given. Big Pharma and jobs for the boys from medicalschool methinks! Keep us all in the dark, subdued by fluoride and wemight all go away........and die.Think I will mention my 'locking' finger to my GP just to see if sheknows there is a connection with my thyroid. Have others been told bytheir GPs that the Dupuytrens is connected to their hypothyroidism Iwonder.Sheila, did you not find any benefit from your medication on you finger?How did the problem start? Was it your knuckle getting stuck?Margaret>> Hi Margaret, I also have Dupuytrens on my left hand. Last time DrPeatfield> was doing a clinic at my house, he told me he also has this, again, onhis> left hand and has suffered with it for years.>>>>>> I have just had a little lightbulb moment. I am dipping in and out ofa book> by Budd N.D., D.O. entitled WHY AM I SO TIRED in which there isa> little section of Dupuytren's and a connection with hypothryoidism. >>

[Guest guest]

Mine is more fibrous lumps at the bottom of my little and ring

finger which follow the line of the tendons. My fingers, luckily enough, are

still straight, though (thank goodness with all my typing!). I get the

occasional locking little finger that I have to straighten only occasionally.

If you type in 'Dupuytrens' into Google and then click 'IMAGES' there are some

good pictures there. Also, type in 'Dupuytrens Hypothyroidism' into Google and

there is a fair bit there about the connection. You can pick what you want and educate

your doctor - letting her/him know all the time that there is excellent

information obtainable from the Internet, if only they would look - and not

scold their patients for daring to do so.

Luv - Sheila

Think I will mention my 'locking' finger to my GP just to see if she

knows there is a connection with my thyroid. Have others been told by

their GPs that the Dupuytrens is connected to their hypothyroidism I

wonder.

Sheila, did you not find any benefit from your medication on you finger?

How did the problem start? Was it your knuckle getting stuck?

Margaret

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[Guest guest]

I have just looked at the wiki page for DC. There are some very gruesome pictures of surgery for CD. May be better to try a non-invasive method first.

I have also read Sheila's post about her hands, it sound very similar to what I had before I was diagnosed. The connective tissue in the pads just below some of my fingers had lumps, one of which was nearly the size of half a pea. I never thought that I might have had DC. It went away when I started taking T4.

MacGilchrist

[Guest guest]

Another hypoT-associated condition! I have Dupuytren's (now I know it's that)

affecting ring finger on left hand and little on right. A few years ago I had

minor surgery on a finger and the surgeon told me that these bumps were the

result of the Viking gene. (That made me think that prolonged pulling on oars,

which I too have done in my time, might have been the cause, but now I know

better.)

Any practioner who has unearthed a connection between hypoT and Dupuytren's must

be worth reading: I shall be ordering the book

Many thanks, Hans

.... I have just had a little lightbulb moment. I am dipping in and out of a

book by Budd N.D., D.O. entitled WHY AM I SO TIRED in which there is a

little section of Dupuytren's and a connection with hypothryoidism. ...

Margaret