Viking disease

[Pleater]

Hopefully non surgical treatment will be the normal way to treat this.

I knew one woman who had her smallest finger removed in order to 'cure' the contracture, and the surgeon wanted to do the same to her other hand. She had to move (Wales to England) in order to have a simple release done.

The result was not a complete return to normal - her hand had been affected for many years, but it was fully functional.

Anne the Pleater :ootd:

[Dale Seago]

Hopefully non surgical treatment will be the normal way to treat this.

My dad, now in his late 80s, finally had his treated a couple of years ago. Something about debriding with a wire brush, kinda like a bore brush used for gun cleaning.

Although. . .maybe he went for care to a gunsmith instead of a surgeon by mistake. . .

[TheBrus]

Well, I'll be darned! My grandfather had that. He got surgery for his, because even up to his mid-eighties he was an active machinist/tinker. I spent a week that summer being his "left-hand." I had to help hold his work while he was welding and assist him with the table saw. It was great bonding time. His family, I thought, were all from Schlesweig-Holstein. But that's so close to Denmark that perhaps there were some Vikings in our family. Thanks for sharing this.

Jared the Brus

[CelticSire]

My father-in-law was first -generation American, his parents emigrated from Sweden. He had this condition. Had the release surgery done, it helped a little, but he eventually had his left pinky amputated at the second knuckle because the flexion interfered with his golf swing. My oldest daughter has it, the signs are there even though she is only 17.

[Dale-of-Cedars]

His family, I thought, were all from Schlesweig-Holstein. But that's so close to Denmark that perhaps there were some Vikings in our family.

The Vikings plied their 'trade' up many of the rivers of Europe as well.