My former manager's husband had some kid of condition where his hands stiffened over time and clenched into fists he couldn't open. Is that likely the same issue you describe? In my family, extremity issues are more likely to be related to diabetes and neuropathy.
Greetings and thank you for commenting. I believe you've described the same condition. The same thing happened to my dad. His hands required surgery to regain their function. I caught mine as the nodules started to form. I think I caught it early enough to take advantage of collagenerase injections or radiation therapy. I'm waiting on callbacks from my specialist so I can move forward with something pretty quick.
My mother is diabetic and a former smoker. My dad never smoked and doesn't have diabetes. It also doesn't run in his side of the family. The guy has always been healthy AF so doctors could only say that it was a genetic thing. About the only thing I can do at the moment is special hand exercises with the hope of slowly the progression of Dupuyter's disease until I can get treatment.