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Avatar f tn Why is my fingernail on my middle finger starting to pull away from my skin and turn white and the bottom half is pitting and peeling? What could this be?
Avatar m tn At the top of the fingernail, where it grows out fron the finger, is a small semi-circle of white then the rest of the finger nail is pinkish. Prior to moving to where I now live my nails all had this little area now 3 years later only my thumbs do. Can anyone tell me if this is something to be concerned about? Thanks for any help!!
Avatar m tn After I pulled it out, it was about a 1/4 of an inch long. It looks like it is made out of a fingernail, and it is hard like fingernail material. I noticed many other people have these, but no one seems to know what they are. It is not attached to any other hair. It has its own follicle. Any ideas?
Avatar n tn About two months ago my fingernail developed a black mark near the nailbed. It has since continued up toward the top of the nail while changing brownish now puple with the uppermost tip is turning white. I have an appointment in October.It doesn't hurt and does not appear to look fungal according to my doctor. Is October to long to wait? I read that melanoma can develop under the nail.
1833444 tn?1325557062 I was just noticing the same thing on my nail beds. Really dark half moon circles. Hands are pasty white too ! However no fungus and my nails are growing like hotcakes ! Figure that one out ??? On week 13, just finished Inc.
Avatar n tn Even if there is no visible white spots in my mouth I van run my finger along my cheek and gumline and scrape out a white pasty substance. When I run the substance between my fingers it seems to just disappear. If there is a white spot that is scraped away it either looks like skin or mucous.
Avatar m tn I have checked the photograph and from the symptoms and photograph, the possibility of terry nail is less likely because the lanula of the nails is visible. In terry nails, the fingernails appear white with a characteristic "ground glass" appearance, with no lunula (the crescent-shaped whitish area of the bed of a fingernail). It is thought to be due to a decrease in vascularity. Hence there appears a red or brown distal transverse band on the tip of fingernail.
Avatar f tn Is fingernails determine who the father is?
Avatar n tn When they are yellow they can be a bit painful if bumped. They itch and sometimes the skin peels. My nail as is grows is very bumpy now with white lines or white looking holes(not really holes, just looks that way) I thought I originally got bit by a spider, already had a round of antibiotics, didn't help. I have been dealing with this for almost 4 months and my doc says it will just go away. It actually seemed like it was gone for about 10 days then all of a sudden it was back.
681148 tn?1437661591Fingernail white spots: possible zinc deficiency‘. But in general, one should not expect to find a zinc deficiency when a person has only a few white spots. Because actually, a number of conditions can arise from a lack of zinc. One of the most important, which also lead to its discovery, was the stunting of growth and the lack of sexual development in adolescent boys; adding zinc to the diet brought about a rapid improvement.
Avatar m tn I wrote several weeks ago about some erosions on the head of my penis. I was told it could be balanitis and possible yeast. I have been using colloidal silver spray on it and it has almost disappeared. Now, i noticed on the inside of my mouth on the inside cheek, there is some "roughness". When i looked at it, it looks like white "streaks". I looked up thrush, and when I looked at the pictures of Lichen Planus, it looks like that.
Avatar n tn Can HIV be transmitted if semen got underneath a fingernail? In otherwords, is the tissue underneath the fingernail vulnerable to passing HIV into the blood stream?
Avatar m tn Do you think the virus will transfer from my hand to zipper to then underneath my fingernail? Is it possible to get underneath the fingernail from a small metal zipper?
Avatar n tn s came back 3 weeks later. i also noticed lately that my fingernail beds are really pale but at the end behing the white part it is a dark pink. does anybody else notice this? i know that nails can give clues to health problems and i read that it can be related to heart problems. the cause of the pvc's was never known because i don't have insurance and couldn't afford to continue testing for it. all i had was bloodwork and ekg.
Avatar f tn I'm 37 years old and have experienced a white coating on the inside of my cheeks for about 2 years now. It is now too aggravating to put up with. My dentist gave me a clean bill of health 6 mos. ago and was stumped by the problem. My family doc first prescribed Magic Mouthwash for thrush, to no avail. The white coating is worse in the morning and after I eat. I drink a lot of water. I talk all day as I am a teacher; it tends to feel like glue inside my mouth at times.
Avatar m tn Does herpes whitlow cause pain under the fingernail and forearm? I've heard of the tingling and burning, I'm not feeling either but I'm feeling numbness under the fingernail and forearm? I did use the bathroom and with the same hand I pulled up my zipper and then in seconds used the underneath of my fingernail very firmly to secure it without washing my hands, very paranoid I spread the virus to my zipper then to the underneath of my fingernail.
Avatar f tn Well, I get terrible pain with somewhat raised area and when I punch and take fingernail I scoop out fleshy plug with bright white spots and sometimes what appear to be curly hair with white bulbs throughout and brown or black seeds extracted. I downloaded a Magnifier and did a Video with 10 times Magnification and on Video they are fluttering! Yes moving! Freaked me out. I am at a loss and NO Dr.
Avatar n tn I scratched it using my fingernails and i noticed the pimple rash had a blood (red but the blood did not went outside the body) and i checked the fingernail that i used there is no visible blood also... Questions: 1. If the technician have a dried blood in my car and my fingernail hit or touches the blood and used the same fingernail to scratch my pimple rash...Do you think this is hcv transmission? Higk Risk, Low Risk Or No Risk? Begging for your merciful answer..My anxiety is killing me.
Avatar m tn So a few days ago i got a strange yellow white bulb under my foreskin, it was about the size of a fingernail and was at the very end where the foreskin meets the glans, i gave it time and it popped and left a strange yellow pus, i washed my penis and cleaned it out making sure not to use any strange soaps and i pulled back my foreskin and the area around was sore and swollen.
Avatar n tn Also what causes the small pin head sized blisters on my legs that are not painful, and can be scraped off with a fingernail. They have a dry white powder in them when opened.
Avatar m tn Could this be a type of fingernail material growing from the scalp? The physical consistency of this 'hair' strongly resembles that of a fingernail. Extensive searching the net has found nothing. Surely my daughter is not the only case like this. I read about keratin, but it seems the keratin in hair and nails is the same.
Avatar m tn I have a small (maybe the length of my fingernail), half moon shaped white mark on the finger pad (tip) of my index finger. The mark is deep under the skin, with nothing bubbling up on the surface (yet). I have never had herpetic whitlow, but I have had several cold sores lately and am scared that this may be the start of one. My finger does not hurt or tingle though. Does this sound like it may be very early stages of whitlow?
Avatar m tn Hi I just want to know what can cause some or all of these combined symptoms, Hair thinning, lost of appetite, a few dark toenails but not all of them, 1 fingernail half light pink half light brown with vertical lines no ridges, wart on ball of both feet and lately some lost of taste (I'm thinking due to thin white film on tongue) I was a Severe smoker until recently when I stopped.
Avatar m tn A few days ago I felt some rough white substance on my inner cheek I was able to scratch it off using my fingernail, however immediately afterword I started feeling sick with a sore throat and fever. The white substance made a reappearance a few days later. Should I be worried? Should I get another test now or wait until the 3 month mark which is about 4 weeks away? I am in a relationship and I'm worried that I have passed HIV to my partner.
Avatar f tn Fingering is not a risk of HIV transmission cut with a fingernail or not.
Avatar f tn I thought during that time that I may have scratched myself with my fingernail, its in the area above and off to the side from my urethral opening. I looked the next day on the 23rd and it looked like a very small cut. The next day it seemed to turn into a little white ulcer and I was thinking it is where it is moist there. I also kind of thought it may be a yeast infection because it did feel like it at first, I have those every now and then.