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Injectable Treatment for Dupuytren's Contracture Gets Patient Back to Work
Richard Hayton had always been an active person. He had spent years as a farmer, growing strawberries, blueberries and cucumbers. Then he got a job at an oil refinery, where he had a physically-demanding job.
“I worked with my hands every day,” Richard says. That’s why it was so alarming when he realized that something was happening in his hands and fingers.
The changes had started slowly, when Richard was in his mid-30s. “I didn’t have any pain, but I noticed that I was having problems straightening my fingers out,” he says. “My fingers kept getting more and more bent.”
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