Football legend Ally McCoist reveals he is suffering from incurable 'Viking's disease'

Scotland and Rangers fable Ally McCoist has developed into 1 of the nation's astir beloved broadcasters and precocious revealed helium suffers from an incurable aesculapian condition

Ally McCoist has revealed helium suffers from a incurable illness called Dupuytren's contracture, which is besides known arsenic 'Viking's disease'.

The Rangers fable opened up connected the condition, and elaborate however 2 operations had been incapable to spare him from the effects. Both of McCoist's parents suffered from the hereditary illness which sees 1 oregon much fingers to curl towards the thenar oregon propulsion sideways.

Dupuytren's causes an abnormal thickening of tegument connected the thenar of your hand, astatine the basal of your fingers and dilatory gets worse implicit months oregon years. The beloved broadcaster is 1 of an estimated 2 cardinal radical successful Britain that person immoderate grade of the condition.

Speaking connected talkSPORT, McCoist elaborate however helium had lived with the contented and attraction for it.

McCoist explained: "I person got Dupuytren's. It's a hereditary happening wherever your fingers adjacent in.

"I person had them done twice. I went to spot the doc and helium said to maine 'Did your gramps person it?'. I said 'I don't know' due to the fact that I ne'er met immoderate of my grandfathers, sadly they passed earlier I was born.

"I said to him 'But my dada had it'. He lifted his caput up and said 'You're unlucky due to the fact that it usually skips a generation'. I said 'That's bully quality due to the fact that I person got 5 boys'.

"My wee mum had it arsenic well. My mum had it, my dada had it, it's a hereditary thing.

"The bizarre happening with Dupuytren's is erstwhile I went to spot the doc helium said 'I volition run connected it but it volition travel backmost successful astir 9 years'. And I curse to God 9 years aboriginal it came back.

He added: "I person seen myself sending a substance connection which takes maine 5 minutes to substance with 1 digit erstwhile I should conscionable dial the number."

The NHS suggests Dupuytren's contracture 'mainly affects the ringing and small fingers' and that it is communal for some hands to endure from the information astatine the aforesaid time. The illness is not usually achy but it tin interaction however an idiosyncratic is capable to utilise their hand.

"It starts with lumps, dimples oregon ridges connected your palm," it states connected the NHS. "Eventually, 1 oregon much of your fingers whitethorn get stuck successful a bent position."

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