DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE- Ayurvedic Treatment, Diet, Exercises, Yoga & Pranayama

Dupuytren’s contracture is also known as palmar fibromatosis. It is the tightening of tissue below the skin in the palm, leads to deformity.

  • SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • CAUSES OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • DIAGNOSIS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • TREATMENTS FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • PROGNOSIS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • COMPLICATIONS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE AND AYURVEDA
  • NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • AYURVEDIC LOCAL TREATMENT FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • HOME REMEDIES FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE
  • YOGA FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • It progresses gradually
  • Painful lump in the palm
  • One or more fingers are in bend position

CAUSES OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Family history
  • Lesioni
  • Smoking
  • Alcol
  • Certain medications
  • Diabete

PATHOPHYSIOLOGY OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

Due to the above-mentioned causes, it happens when the tissue under the skin near your fingers becomes thicker and less flexible.

DIAGNOSIS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  1. ESAMI
  • Ispezione
  • Palpation – tenderness
  • Movimenti – Flexion, Extension of wrist and fingers

 

  1. INDAGINI

 

  • Raggi X

 

TREATMENTS FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • A splint that holds the palm.
  • A few cases may require surgery.
  • Medications – Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug, Analgesic.
  • Treatment of underlying pathology.
  • Needling

 PROGNOSIS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • La prognosi si basa sulla causa della malattia, sulla durata e sulle condizioni del paziente.

COMPLICATIONS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • It progresses gradually and all fingers may bended leads to unable to do any movement with palm.

DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE AND AYURVEDA

  • In Ayurveda, Dupuytren’s contracture falls under Vata vyadhi or a Vata dosha imbalance disorder.
  • According to Ayurveda, it may be considered as Vata vyadhi with mamsakshaya
  • Vata vyadhi can be correlated to neurological or neuromuscular disorders. The causes and pathogenesis of diseases caused by vitiation of Vata dosha, in general, are the exclusive cause and pathogenesis of pain, numbness, tingling sensation.

 

NIDANA- AYURVEDIC CAUSES OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Eccesso di consumo di cibi freddi e poco sostanziosi
  • Esercizio fisico eccessivo.
  • Soppressione degli impulsi naturali.
  • Trauma
  • Lesioni

 

PURVAROOPAM- AYURVEDIC PREMONITORY SYMPTOMS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Dull intermittent pain and tenderness in the palm on movement.

 

SAMPRAPTI – AYURVEDIC PATHOGENESIS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • I dosha vata, pitta e kapha si muovono attraverso tutti i canali di circolazione. A causa della natura sottile di vata, esso spinge gli altri due dosha.
  • Il vata aggravato, avendo provocato questi due dosha, si esacerba e riempie i canali vuoti e si muove notevolmente al loro interno o facendosi avvolgere dagli altri dosha.
  • The aggravated vata resides in the palm and produces different kinds of aches and pains.

LAKSHANA- AYURVEDIC SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Toda – Pain
  • Sada - debolezza
  • Bending of fingers – sankocha

 

AYURVEDIC PROGNOSIS OF DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Pain and deformity associated with traumatic injuries is difficult to cure – krichra sadhya

CHIKITSA- AYURVEDIC TREATMENT FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

Ayurvedic local treatment for dupuytren’s contracture

  • Svedam – local fermentation
  • Applicazione di lepa antidolorifica

AYURVEDIC SAMANA TREATMENT FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Balarishtam
  • Maharasnadi kashayam
  • Rasaraj ras
  • Laksha guggulu

 AYURVEDIC SHODHANA TREATMENT FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • NASYA-Ksheerabala

COMMONLY USED AYURVEDIC MEDICINES FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

Amministrazione interna

  • Balarishtam
  • Maharasnadi kashayam
  • Rasaraj ras
  • Laksha guggulu
  • Trayodasanga guggulu
  • Mahayogaraja guggulu

Applicazione esterna

  • Snehadhara - con balaswagandha tailam e ksheerabala tailam

HOME REMEDIES FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Applicazione di calore sulla zona interessata mediante un asciugamano bagnato con acqua calda
  • Massaggiare la zona dolorosa per 15 minuti (senza esercitare troppa pressione).

DIET AND BEHAVIOUR FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Evitare gli alimenti che producono uno squilibrio di vata dosha, come i cibi freddi e secchi, difficili da digerire. Perché lo squilibrio vata aggrava i sintomi.
  • Consumare alimenti facilmente digeribili, latte vaccino
  • Evitare esercizi pesanti che aggravano ulteriormente le condizioni.
  • Oil massage on affected area advised. Which alleviates vata dosha
  • Give proper rest to the hand.

YOGA FOR DUPUYTREN’S CONTRACTURE

  • Nadi Shuddi Pranayam – done if possible

Il paziente deve essere seduto in posizione meditativa con la testa e la colonna vertebrale erette e il corpo rilassato. Il paziente deve chiudere una narice (ad esempio la sinistra se si usa la mano destra e viceversa) con il pollice ed espirare completamente attraverso l'altra narice. Di nuovo, dovrà inspirare profondamente attraverso l'altra narice mentre la narice opposta è ancora chiusa con il pollice.

  • Regular finger stretching yoga asanas like anjali mudra