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Let Your Fingers Be Your Physician! © By Lena Sanchez Well, your fingers can't really be your physician but could your fingernails be the diagnostician? Some fingernail changes can be indicative of problems within your body! Here are but a few indications that may save your life and/or health… Brittle soft and shiny nails without a moon at the base is indicative of an overactive thyroid. Brittle nails alone can be indicative of a possible Iron deficiency, thyroid problems or impaired kidney' function and/or circulatory problems. A Vitamin B12 deficiency or anemia can be detected by dark nails and/or thin, flat spoon-shaped nails. Also can be detected when nails turn gray or dark when the hands are placed in chemicals such as household cleaning products or bleach. Then there is the downward-curved nail ends that may let you know there is a liver, heart or respiratory problem. If you detect bumps or lumps (called beading) that just appear on the nail surface, you may have impending or full blown rheumatoid arthritis. Ridges can indicate poor nutrient absorption, and/or Iron deficiency. Those ridges could mean there is a kidney problem also indicate a tendency to develop arthritis if they are vertical ridges. Then the ridges running horizontal can result from stress, either/or psychological or physical as in the case of disease or infections. Nails that chip, peel, crack or break easily show a General overall nutritional deficiency and insufficient hydrochloric acid and protein. This is seen in people who use antacids on an ongoing basis or eat foods low in nutrients. This calls for total minerals and Vitamins at triple the RDA's. Pitting red-brownish spots with frayed split ends are indicative of psoriasis. Also requires Vitamin C, folic acid and protein needs. Black splinterlike bits under the nails can be a sign of 1. A serious heart infection called endocarditis 2. and/or other heart disease. 3.possible bleeding disorder. Very thick nails can be indicative that the vascular system is weakening and the blood is not circulating throughout the body as it should. Could also bee the sign of thyroid disease. Thinning nails could signal an itchy skin disorder Called lichen planus and/or oral reticular lichen planus. Yellow nails or upward nail tip growth can indicate Internal disorder long before the symptoms appear. Some of the internal problems could be the lymphatic system, respiratory disorders, diabetes and/or liver dysfunction. White lines in the nail could show possible heart disease, high fever or arsenic poisoning. If the white moon area of the nail turns red It may be indicative of heart problems. If it Turns blue it could indicate heavy metal Poisoning (such as silver overload) or lung problems. Two white horizontal bands that does not move as the nail grows are a sign of hypoalbuminemia, a protein deficiency in the blood! Deep blue nail beds indicate a pulmonary obstructive disorder such as asthma or Emphysema. Unusually wide, square nails can suggest a hormonal disorder! Red skin around the cuticles of the nail can be Indicative of poor metabolism of essential fatty Acids or of a connective tissue disorder, such as Lupus… Take these serious and maybe head off something serious! But just because you may not have any of these signs does not necessarily mean you do not have a problem or impending problem. References: "Prescription for Nutritional Healing - Second Edition." by James F. Balch, M.D. and Phyllis A.Balch, C.N.C in 1997 *** Meet the author Lena Sanchez's at http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com/lena.htm For more secrets to a healthy life that Lena gleaned in her twenty years as a medical office nurse! Get her books at http://www.antibiotic-alternatives.com |