Dupuytren’s contracture is a progressive condition that affects the connective tissue under the skin of the palm and fingers.

When skincare expert Leah Chavie was diagnosed with Raynaud’s disease, it didn’t mark the end of her journey — it became the beginning of a new one. Leah Chavie, founder and ...

Connective tissue, a complex blend of proteins and other ... The score is based on five simple flexibility tests: bending the pinkie finger backward 90 degrees, touching the thumb to the forearm ...

According to Jeannie Di Bon, a UK-based hypermobility and EDS specialist, just because you're hypermobile doesn't automatically mean something's wrong with your connective tissue or that you've ...

Being able to easily bend your fingers or palm beyond ... could be a sign the body's connective tissues are weakened or unstable. The connective tissue, such as joints and tendons, are 'the ...

Researchers have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround ... and thus slow down the development of the disease. If successful, it could become a target ...

Researchers at Umeå University, Sweden, have discovered a previously unknown type of connective tissue cells that surround ... down the development of the disease. If successful, it could become ...

The MosaiQ AiPlex CTDplus multiplex assay, which received IVDR-CE mark certification in February 2025, is designed to improve the accuracy and speed of systematic connective tissue disease ...

Raynaud's phenomenon is a problem that causes decreased blood flow to the fingers ... along with other diseases. This type is known as its secondary form. The diseases most often linked with Raynaud's ...

1–7 In particular, an association between some of the connective-tissue diseases and Hashimoto's thyroiditis (lymphadenoid goiter) has recently seemed likely. 6,8,9 Many reports of this ...

Objective Nailfold videocapillaroscopy (NVC) allows the detection of microvascular damage in autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs ... the middle of the nailfold bed were assessed for each ...