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gwaydms t1_itawixk wrote

Reply to comment by jbryce in The Anglo-Saxon migration and the formation of the early English gene pool by eeeking

I read about Dupuytren's contracture. It's most common among older men "of Northern European extraction". Not necessarily "Viking" or any sort of Scandinavian, since the description also includes the areas of continental Europe that Germanic peoples are known to have migrated from in the Early Medieval Period (5th through 7th centuries).

Scandinavians began raiding England beginning in the 8th century, and by the 9th century had nearly conquered England. Alfred the Great established a settlement area called the Danelaw, and Scandinavians finally began to settle England in large numbers.

I hope you're getting effective treatment for your condition. It's not dangerous, but it can't be pleasant.

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jbryce t1_itay20x wrote

Interesting. My Irish hand dr called it the viking disease. Lol

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jbryce t1_itay4yf wrote

Also mine started when I was in my 20's.

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gwaydms t1_itb2kz7 wrote

Wow. That is early. But it's not exclusively "Viking", as I said, your hand doctor notwithstanding.

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jbryce t1_itaybxt wrote

Yes. First treatment was done with an injection that dissolves collagen and then they force it to break. But they stopped importing it as the medical company wasn't making enough money from it.

Second lot was surgery which had worked really well.

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gwaydms t1_itb2myt wrote

Great! I'm glad you're being effectively treated for it.

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