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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.
Ripples, 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.
Very pale nails are sometimes linked to aging. But
they can also be a sign of serious illness, such as:
Anemia
Congestive heart failure
Diabetes
Liver disease
Malnutrition
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 with 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,
thyroid disease, diabetes
and/or liver
dysfunction and/or psoriasis.
Yellow Nails alone - most common causes of
yellow nails is a fungal infection. As the infection worsens,
the nail bed may retract, and nails may thicken and crumble.
White lines in the nail could show possible
heart disease, high fever or arsenic poisoning.
White Nails - when nails are mostly white with
darker rims, this can indicate liver problems, such
as hepatitis. In this image, you can see the fingers
are also jaundiced, another sign of liver trouble.
White moon area of the nail changes colors:
turns red It may be indicative of heart problems.
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.
Bluish Nails - Nails with a bluish tint can
mean the body isn’t getting enough oxygen.
This could be another indicate an infection in
the lungs, such as pneumonia.
Dark lines beneath the nail should be
investigated as soon as possible. They
are sometimes caused by melanoma, the
most dangerous type of skin cancer.
Unusually wide, square nails can suggest a
hormonal disorder!
Red puffy skin around the cuticles of
the nail (If the skin around the nail appears red
and puffy) 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
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