One of my nutrition books says thin, dry, brittle nails or white bands
in the nails can be due to protein deficiency. Lack of B vitamins can
cause fragile nails with horizontal or vertical ridges. Prescription for
Nutritional Healing says irom deficiency can also cause vertical ridges.
Zinc deficiency can cause white spots. And there is a lot more info
around on nutrition and nails.
I also have fairly definite vertical ridges in my nails. Mine probably
from insufficient B vitamins, as I can't seem to find a brand/type that
doesn't give me a reaction. And niacin causes me very bad flushing,
which alsocan kick in my eczema. Even the "no-flush" types of niacin do
this. So I guess I'm stuck with the ridges.
It does seem like worsening of the ridges might mean a worsening
deficiency? I used to have white spots in my nails, too, but I've been
taking my minerals much more regularly for some time now, and those are
now gone. I hadn't actually noticed until I was writing this.
sol
Pat wrote:
Does anyone know about a cause for vertical ridges in the
fingernails? They look healthy, no sign of anything wrong other than
many vertical ridges in every fingernail. All my life they've been
thin and too delicate to grow out long, but they were always smooth.
Several months ago I asked my doctor about the ridges and she said she
hopes they don't mean anything is wrong and showed me her nails which
looked just like mine. They seem to have gotten worse in the last few
months, so CS must not do a thing for them.
--
The Silver List is a moderated forum for discussing Colloidal Silver.
Instructions for unsubscribing are posted at: http://silverlist.org
To post, address your message to: [email protected]
Address Off-Topic messages to: [email protected]
The Silver List and Off Topic List archives are currently down...
List maintainer: Mike Devour <[email protected]>
