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Old 05-22-2017, 09:20 AM
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Unfortunately the tendon damage I believe goes on for months and even years. These drugs damage DNA...and somehow affect tendon maintenance which may be permanent. I sure hope not.

This effect because of the long delay in onset was first discovered by doctors who used the samples willy nilly on themselves and their families and subsequently later much after the infection was over, ruptured knee tendons and achillies tendons! We had a poster here in the past who ruptured a biceps tendon moving furniture. I have yet to see any research about this explaining how it works, but the fact remains that the tendon damage remains a LONG time after the drug is stopped.

Your age and gender are against you now... lowering estrogen affects many things for women. Also if you have been pregnant in the past, you join women whose tendons change after pregnancy. During pregnancy, the body makes a hormone called relaxin to help the pelvis dilate during delivery. It relaxes ALL tendons and it can weaken some in those with a tendency to have connective tissue problems. Women notice their feet get bigger after pregnancies and this is one obvious sign that relaxin has loosened their feet which are held together by ligaments/tendons. In your case you might have additive triggers for your problems today.

A hand specialist may have a treatment or surgery to help you. At least a hand doctor can give you a support or a brace of some type to immobilize your hand to enable faster healing.
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