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Hi Friends!! These days I am so fatigued it takes me a while to even log on. It's a bummer!!
I was wondering if anyone here has had flat fingertips while they have been ill? I don't mean that they are flat all of the time but just when you touch something with them, perhaps something harder than usual?
I have proposed this before as a symptom as well but does anybody have any ridges vertically or horizontally or their finger tips?
Thanks for your help! Hope
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Tincup
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Hey hopenme..
Nice to see you. I am not familiar with your history but thought I would throw in my 2 cents just for fun.
I have had times when it feels, actually LOOKS like nothing is "in" my fingertips by the way they mush up and don't go back to normal.
I have attributed this.. and I am NOT a doctor.. just guessing.. to the ACA condition that comes with chronic Lyme.
Your mention of the ridges makes me curious also. Does it look as if a VERY fine toothed comb has been drug across your skin.. as if it were drawn across a smooth pile of sand?
I have seen pictures of the condition I get when looking up "linear scleroderma".. which in MY opinion is a form of chronic Lyme.. again.. the ACA form.
Hope that gives you some useful leads.
And I hope you are feeling better soon.
By the way.. I am in your state and was bitten here. I think we have what use to be said to be as ... Now that didn't make sense. Let me try again.
Certain strains of Lyme were thought to be ONLY found in Europe. I think they are here and not being recognised. Treatment for ACA is often a pennicilin antibiotic.
char
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Yes!
My index fingers are different than the other fingers-flatter than the others. I never put this into words before, but every once in a while I stare at them and think "were they like this before" duh moment
It is the kind of thing that if you tell someone that doesn't have lyme, they will look at your fingers and say they look normal to me. Right?
I have some Reynauld's type stuff, so they at times feel hot or cold and hurt.
They are hurting now because we are talkin' about it!
Do you think we could get collegen implants to plump them back up?
Please tell me what ACA is. My fingernails look exactly as you said and my hands look so old. They look wrinkled like an old woman. It would be nice to know the exact strand of Lyme I have so that I could get treated properly.
By the way, where do you live in Maryland? I live in Germantown.
Thanks, Hope
Hey hopenme..
Nice to see you. I am not familiar with your history but thought I would throw in my 2 cents just for fun.
I have had times when it feels, actually LOOKS like nothing is "in" my fingertips by the way they mush up and don't go back to normal.
I have attributed this.. and I am NOT a doctor.. just guessing.. to the ACA condition that comes with chronic Lyme.
Your mention of the ridges makes me curious also. Does it look as if a VERY fine toothed comb has been drug across your skin.. as if it were drawn across a smooth pile of sand?
I have seen pictures of the condition I get when looking up "linear scleroderma".. which in MY opinion is a form of chronic Lyme.. again.. the ACA form.
Hope that gives you some useful leads.
And I hope you are feeling better soon.
By the way.. I am in your state and was bitten here. I think we have what use to be said to be as ... Now that didn't make sense. Let me try again.
Certain strains of Lyme were thought to be ONLY found in Europe. I think they are here and not being recognised. Treatment for ACA is often a pennicilin antibiotic.
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I am glad I am not the only one with funky fingers! Do you think we can get a 2 for 1 special on the collagen deal?
I have funky fingers, funky fignernails, and wrinkly looking funky hands at only 32. This all started when I got sick at 29.
Take care, Hope
My index fingers are different than the other fingers-flatter than the others. I never put this into words before, but every once in a while I stare at them and think "were they like this before" duh moment
It is the kind of thing that if you tell someone that doesn't have lyme, they will look at your fingers and say they look normal to me. Right?
I have some Reynauld's type stuff, so they at times feel hot or cold and hurt.
They are hurting now because we are talkin' about it!
Do you think we could get collegen implants to plump them back up?
Char
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char
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Yes, my hands look old! I am 42 and one day I looked down and they looked old. Why can't the fat leave other places, instead?
Lyme is so evil AND fascinating. Now I am going to be checking out my friends and families' hands when I suspect lyme.
Take Care, Char
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This comes from a book called "Better Health Through Natural Healing" by Dr's Trattler and Jones N.D., D.O. and N.D. respectively.
"The condition of fingernails and toenails is a useful diagnostic aid. Healthy nail beds are pink which indicates a good nutrient and blood supply. The following are some of the more common associations between nail health and nutritional status:
Broken, split, knotted, ridged: calcium deficiency, vitamin. A deficiency, check protein absorption
Beau's lines (transverse lines): nail root growth interrupted, as in MI, measles, pneumonia, fever
Onycholysis: nail separates from nail bed (e.g. trauma, psoriasis, drug reactions, fungal, contact dermatitis (nail hardeners). Can also be hypo/hyperthyroiod, iron deficiency anemia, syphilil.
HANDS
There are some general hand signs which might be interesting
Swollen, puffy: kidney disorder Palms yellow: liver Brown spots on back: liver Purplish veins, knotted cords: anemia Pale, colorless fingertips: anemia Pale folds upon flexion: anemia Dry, lacy skin: EFA deficiency Cold, clammy: neural imbalance Fingers--clubbing: chronic lack of oxygen (in lung problems 80%: heart problems, can also indicate cancer)
I myself have really red hands and nails when I am full of toxins. My fingernails have grown like never before because my diet has improved 100%. I have vertical ridges and thought it could be from decreased Ca which showed up on lab tests.
Bug
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Tincup
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Looks like my computer is acting up.. so I'll have to pass on sharing my stuff for now.
You can do a search here for scleroderma.. if the older posts haven't been wiped out. Also do a search for ACA.
Hope that helps. Sorry the computer is acting badly.. but I did try!
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