Diabetes, hypertension, stiff finger joints and Dupuytren’s: This study uses retinopathy as an index of vascular disease and suggests that small vessel disease, rather than the effect of blood sugar

Dupuytren’s is one manifestation of a systemic fibrotic disorder that can also show up as Ledderhose, frozen shoulder or Peyronie’s disease. Fortunately, the majority of people affected show only one

Two methods of investigating Dupuytren’s have been used: Demographic – family studies, associations with medications, activities, other diseases; and Biological – tissue analysis. The big biologic breakthrough came in 1972