fingernails turning white

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I have never seen or heard of anybody else with this problem and I was wondering what the cause of it is and if it has anything to do with my nutrition. I understand that normal and healthy fingernails are pink at the base, with a white tip. My tips only stay white for a very short time before slowly turning clear. Any advice about how to prevent this and/or what it means would be greatly appreciated!

On and off for the last three years my fingernails have been turning completly white, only to retain its pinkish color and return white again. During these times when my fingernails turn white I feel like I'm going to get the flu, but never quite do and lasts for a couple of weeks accompanied by fatigue. For the last 6 months I have had loose stools just about everyday. Doctors ran blood test and didn't find anything.

sometims my middle finger becomes numb--cold and turns white and the nailbed is blue.

misshaped fingernails turning yellow kind of warbly and flat in spots and are not growing and splitting

ve noticed the ends of all my fingertips slowly turning red.... only on the top side of my hands, the side with the fingernails.... My fingernails are healthy and growing/normal, but the skin surrounding the nail is very red.... I also can add that my hands are ALWA:YS cold, and I have had a tingly feeling in my fingertips a few times, only in a few fingers, it went away after a minute or two.....

t a Thyroid question, but I thought it might be a metabolic problem and if you could help. All during my youth, I had these solid white patches under my fingernails in different spots, on and off....Very obvious white spots that aren't normally there.

hi today my hands are cold and my fingernails have just the slightest tint of blue to them i am also weak (my thyroid is getting pretty low t4 ) but i get this weakness a lot i checked my bp and it was fine 120/74 heart rate is steady no pain or anything, my lips are not blue - i called the endo and she said low thyroid would not do this so not to worry, i was wondering if anyone else had this? i know we have a lot of symptoms that the docs do not recognize so.....

Im concerned about why my fingernails are growing upwards turning a yellow color

My 7 year old daughter finger nails and toe nails are turning black and are seperating from the skin. I took her to a determologist and he really could not come up with a diaginosis or reason why this is happening. He ran some test of the nail and it came back negative for fungus. It appear to be spreading to other finger nials (so far 3 finger nails). He prescribed some cream to reduce the thickness and it appears to be working, although, keeps speading.

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Why are my fingernails turning purple around my nearly severed finger I never seen a doctor about it

t know if this is of any significance or not, or even if it has any truth behind it but my palms where red with white spots. after the heart attack they where pure white and now they are turning back again with the white spots. I remember someone telling me some time ago that the white spotted palms where a sign of major heart problems. Any truth to that statement? My BP is still relatively low, ~110/65, but will have to check at the right times to be sure.

8 out of my 10 fingernails are slightly swollen and red at the cuticle pus is oozing out of a couple also 2 of them have a white patch on .

m 24 years old and have the eye problem, on the top of the iris of my eyes are turning white. .how or what is the treatment?

I am 74 years of age.3 years back my right toe nail started turning black.U went to dermatologist.Started medicines anti fungal as ointment and tabelets.but it git completely black and with cracks. i had to got it extracted.it was very painful.New nail came white n healthy but 3 months later it too turned black..and my toe got inflammation due to injury and again nail got removed. now it has been 4th time nail extraction. Dr says its fungal infection but its not getting cured.

I have these white lines on my fingernails that run parallel to the cuticle. They have areas in the white line that are heavier and make the line look like a spot. They cover the nail in it's entirety. I have taken zinc for year now with no real change. I am concerned about taking too much zinc since it was removed from some dental products. My hypoyroidism is controlled with medication. I do not suffer trauma to my hands. I am 55 yes old and have had these for as long as I can remember.

I knew about the thinning hair, which I am experiencing to a much, MUCH worse degree than I expected (but hey, it's summer!! ) But I have never read anything about tx affecting your fingernails. It only makes sense, as they are both made of the same thing - but has anyone else had this problem? Mine are awful! They are like paper, thin, peeling, and constantly ripping, even though they are cut completely short.

I've been wondering the same thing lol . I'm having a mixed baby and I know that when all babys are born their basically white . It's crazy that I takes up to a month tho .

i barely have to use my inhaler, but recently my chest has been hurting, i have been getting bad headaches almost everyday and they dont go away even with headache medication like advil, my fingernails are turning blueish purple at the bases going about half way up the nail. even little activities like making a bed and walking a few blocks winds me and im always tired.

ve been pregnant, its getting lighter and I have LOTS of it turning bright red and fading into WHITE!! Every day im seein more and more solid white hairs on my head! I'm only 24 lol this hasn't happened until I got pregnant. Is anybody else experiencing this?? Help!

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It has lasted about 10 days getting more sensitive each day though tapering off the last few days and remaining the same. It could be a plantar wart someone said but it is white and does not have much of a raised portion 1/32 of an inch in diameter. What to do?

Fingernails turning white

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