Fingernails white lines
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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.
They are the same color as nails, not very deep but definitely noticable. These ridges are especially noticable on the bed of my thumbs and also on the toenails of the big toes. Other fingernails/toenails don't seem to have ridges, maybe just a few small ridges on index finger nails.
I developed horizontal lines or indentations in 2 fingernails. No injury. My Dr called them Beaus lines. He says I was either exposed to a toxin of some sort or they can be a result of a systemic disease. He seemed very unconcerned. In my reading betablockers pop up as a possible cause. My question is if the betablocker caused them does that mean it is harming me?
I went to my pharmacy and he said only if your heartrates slow.
So for a while now I have had thin red lines near the tips of my fingernails under the nail accompanied by a little lack of color beneath the lines. This is most prominent in my thumbs. The color in my fingernails seems to be slightly darker than normal and maybe a little purple tinged. When I extend my fingers, the color leaves the front half of them. I have no idea what this is and my doctor didn't seem to know either.
After contact, I am now getting the brown lines in (not under) my fingernails without injury. Also peeling between the fingers. Here is a link to an image: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16PgksStMQG3eLL4Vu4DvgSl20sI_wPpr/view?
There are many reasons. Examination of the fingernails, for example, may reveal lung problems. COPD patients im advanced stages often have fingernails that curve downward. He also wants to examine the nailbeds to determine if you have good circulation. This isn't done much nowadays, but examination of the nailbeds used to be square one. He is also looking for tremor, of course, or palsy. He is also making a determination regarding your grooming.
t changed in appearance, colour and size since then. Nobody in my family has these lines on their fingernails. I just wanted to know if these are a benign cause of melanonychia straita or something more serious. will these go away in the future or will I go to see a dermatologist. It would be really helpful if somebody can give an explanation of why I developed these lines on both of my middle finger nails even though nobody in my family has them. if you want I can attach pictures.
t changed in appearance, colour and size since then. Nobody in my family has these lines on their fingernails. I just wanted to know if these are a benign cause of melanonychia straita or something more serious. will these go away in the future or will I go to see a dermatologist. It would be really helpful if somebody can give an explanation of why I developed these lines on both of my middle finger nails even though nobody in my family has them. if you want I can attach pictures.
t changed in appearance, colour and size since then. Nobody in my family has these lines on their fingernails. I just wanted to know if these are a benign cause of melanonychia straita or something more serious. will these go away in the future or will I go to see a dermatologist. It would be really helpful if somebody can give an explanation of why I developed these lines on both of my middle finger nails even though nobody in my family has them. if you want I can attach pictures.
Those symptoms have nothing to do with a STD.
hi I'm am a 15 year old Pakistani male and I have 2 thin greyish lines on both my middle fingers of both my hands. I don't know if this a coincidence that they are on both of my middle fingers. the line on the left hand is slightly thinner and looks slightly different to the one on my right hand. I have no lines on my toenails.I developed these lines from the age of 12 or 13 and they haven't changed in appearance, colour and size since then.
No. They appear randomly for what appears to be no reason at all.
Fort he last two and a half years, I have constantantly had one or more horizontal lines on my fingernails. They are most noticeable on my thumb nails and index fingers, and rarely on other fingers (although almost all of the other nails have had similar lines once or twice). These lines often appear in series, so that there are several lines on the nail at any one point. They also tend to appear within a few days of each other, especially on the thumb nails.
Hello,
A dent across the nail usually means some form or disruption of the nail growth area. It can also be due to Beau's lines that appear when growth at the area under your cuticle is interrupted. Third possibility is of psoriasis. The inflammatory skin condition, it shows up as red, scaly patches on the skin and can also affect the skin cells in the nails.
For the past year I have had ridged lines going horizontally across both of my big toenails. At first I thought nothing of it but I am now wondering if it could be something serious. My other toenails are fine and so are my fingernails so I am unsure if it is beaus nails or not?
Please help!
I have just been dealing with this same discussion in the last couple days, regarding toenail ridges and horizontal lines on toenails. I have found out about psoriatic nails, found in people with psoriasis, and ridges and peeling in your finger or toenails has to do with iron. High iron manifests in skin problems, and psoriasis is common in iron disorders.
Google it with typing in peeling toenails or fingernails. Here is a link.
Hello,
These black lines can be due to can be due to longitudinal melanonychia(presence of a pigmented stripe, usually brown or black, along the length of the nail bed in darker-skinned individuals,splinter hemorrhages or Beau’s lines(they are horizontal lines of darkened cells and depression).Without examination, it is difficult confirming a diagnosis and so I would suggest a dermatologist’s evaluation.
I hope it helps. Take care and regards.
Hi, about 7 months ago I had unprotected once, which I ejaculated in the person. About 3 weeks later I got an cold sore on my mouth but I’ve been getting cold sores all my life so I didn’t think anything of it. Then about 2 weeks later I started to google symptoms of HIV & I started to get them. The symptoms were, 1. Night sweats 2. Mild Sore throat/ fever 3. Muscle aches 4. Diarrhea 5. Rash’s. But I never got flu like symptoms.
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 .
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