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white marks on fingernails?
#5462778 - 03/31/06 05:01 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Ever since I was little.. i got these white marks. (they also form when you hit your fingernail on something)
well..i have them all over my nails... and on every finger. Does anyone know what this is from?
I eat a very balanced diet.. workout.. get plenty of sleep.
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: Toddo]
#5462832 - 03/31/06 05:49 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: Toddo]
#5495640 - 04/09/06 05:47 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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drink milk
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: Toddo]
#5495673 - 04/09/06 06:14 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Do you eat any bananas or anything else with enough zinc in it? I've found that eating just one banana every day or two will stop the white patches from appearing.
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: Toddo]
#5496520 - 04/09/06 01:06 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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You're malnourished. That, or you're a habitual liar.
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Re: white marks on fingernails? *DELETED* [Re: daimyo]
#5496615 - 04/09/06 01:37 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: Ferris]
#5496635 - 04/09/06 01:44 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Same thing happens to me, Not in lines but in patches...
There will be a big white spot on one or two of my nails..
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: Toddo]
#5496648 - 04/09/06 01:49 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Actually, now that I think about it, there could be a much more serious problem. You may have heavy metal poisoning. Have you been exposed to arsenic, or anything recently?
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: TheDudeAbides]
#5497397 - 04/09/06 06:30 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Try eating more bananas, or taking a multivitamin that is high in zinc.
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: Toddo]
#5499353 - 04/10/06 10:28 AM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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hum..
Now that I look at them, I got spots on mine too,..
one big patch, and a spot.
I am allergic to banana, and cannot drink milk, (get reaction, stomach, etc) ..
maybe there is a simple link.
It seem reasonable to think that as you grow your nails, you lack something, or add something, ..
zinc is the guilty one?
How does one grow nails? what are nail? :p
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: Gomp]
#5500653 - 04/10/06 05:53 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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I've heard that a lack of either zinc or magnesium can be responsible for the white patches.
You can get zinc/magnesium supplement pills, if you are allergic to bananas.
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: trendal]
#5501639 - 04/10/06 09:59 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Is this the bodys way of warning me that I am very ill? Is me not eating alot of zinc life threatening? Or would I just do it to not have whitespots on my nails?
 3 question marks for one question - I need to learn to form better sentences..
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: TheDudeAbides]
#5501642 - 04/10/06 10:01 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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No I don't think it means you are very ill. Eating more zinc would probably only serve to get rid of the white spots - that I know of.
Of course there could be other not-so-obvious results a zinc deficiency.
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: trendal]
#5501669 - 04/10/06 10:08 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Just checking...
I seriously think I have testi cancer though, From what I believe you have lymphnodes in your innerthigh like under your chin on your throat - And they get swollen when irritated.
Those have been swelling up - Just too broke to go to the damn doctor..
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: TheDudeAbides]
#5501682 - 04/10/06 10:12 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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If you had testicle cancer you should be able to feel the tumor on one of your testes.
With testicle cancer there is usually no pain at all but there should be a hard bump (the tumor) on one of your testicles. Best time to check for this is directly after a shower or bath, so your scrotum is thin and loose.
I don't think your lymph nodes would swell up just because of testicle cancer, unless maybe it was already really far gone.
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: trendal]
#5501690 - 04/10/06 10:14 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Any ideas of something relatively un-noticeable that might be causing this?
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: TheDudeAbides]
#5501713 - 04/10/06 10:19 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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The swollen lymph nodes?
From what I know, that is usually an indication of some kind of infection. Usually a virus, though I think almost any virus will cause lymph nodes to swell up (they are part of your immune system).
The lymph nodes in my neck swell up any time I get sick.
As for something un-noticeable...again it could be anything. Is there any chance you've come into contact with someone who has Mono over the past few weeks/month?
How long have they been swollen like that?
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: trendal]
#5501725 - 04/10/06 10:23 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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No chance of mono - I'm pretty sure on that.
About a month or two... Hence that's why I just figured it was something seriously wrong. I'm 18 I might add, Could possibly help you diagnose I guess.
I really appreciate the advice trendal
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Re: Elvis ate a lot of bananas, maybe it's good for your hair. [Re: trendal]
#5505123 - 04/11/06 07:51 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Bananas don't make the charts when it comes to zinc search for zinc in the fruit& juice category that I can see.
Maybe there's another ingredient that bananas excel in.
I think they're sprayed heavily with copper sulphate to keep the fungus off them, so maybe they're high in copper.
Edited by Booby (04/11/06 08:00 PM)
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Re: Elvis ate a lot of bananas, maybe it's good for your hair. [Re: Booby]
#5505190 - 04/11/06 08:02 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Wow that's right.
Looks like they're big in potassium - ~460mg
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Re: Elvis ate a lot of bananas, maybe it's good for your hair. [Re: trendal]
#5505301 - 04/11/06 08:21 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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Bananas don't make the list for potassium either compared to 'all foods' category. #1 Coffee, brewed, espresso: 23000mg, #587 Carbonated beverage: 1100mg
Looks like they're a good source of vitamin C Edit: (then again maybe not)
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Re: white marks on fingernails? [Re: trendal]
#5506232 - 04/11/06 11:51 PM (17 years, 9 months ago) |
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FUCK. I just deleted this long ass post. MOFO.
ok
Nutrition: I eat VERY healthy meals.. have a great appetite.. lots of fruits a veggies.. lots of protein.
I drink a cup of green tea a day. I don't eat much fast food. Drink lots of juice/water. Eat lots of bread..rice. Its definitely not a nutritional problem.
Ive had these white things my whole life. And I'm like .. the only one Ive seen with them this bad.
One thing it could be: Ive had a toe fungus..infection.. whatever it is.. for a long ass time. Since I was small. I remember i got it on one of my little toes.. and it stayed on that one for years. Well.. over time each toe is losing the great battle.
it jumped over to the other foot and got my big toe But the others on that foot are still in the fight.
Forgive me.. i might have got a bit carried away with the description of the toe fungus. But perhaps this is the way my fingure nails are responding to that infection. I should see a toe doc. get these things taken care of.
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