IBD & your nails..

[Leebie3]

I have noticed that there is a big bump across all of my nails that would correspond to the time I was having a 'flare'.. They do say that you can tell a good amount about your health from the state of your nails & hair.. does anyone else get this or similar?

 

[skippy111]

your fingernails will tell the DR a lot. I had little white dots on a few of my fingernails when I went to the ER, they are pretty much cleared up but there are two on one of the nails...

also I heard that a black spot on the fingernail was an indication that one or more of your Chakra's is in need of healing (meditation) to allow for the chi energy to flow freely.

 

[2thFairy]

Mine are sunken in the center. This didn't start until a really bad flare 2 years ago. It has partially corrected, but still there.

 

[nikimazur]

http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/nails/WO00055


This helps. Nails, like hair are indicators of health. Anemia, vitamin deficiency and malnourishment can all trigger abnormalities in nails, such as ridging, pitting and clubbing.

 

[maria]

Mine are really thin and brittle. I was gonna get my nails done and they said no my nails wouldnt hold up. It was embarrasing..

 

[Dunbar]

Yeah, I get the ridges too. I had noticed them years before but it was my Dr who said they are a sign of chronic inflammation, another symptom which aided in my diagnoses. I used to only get it on my toes, now on the fingernails. I use these for my own flare-ometer.

 

[CLynn]

My first, and best G.I. to date, always looked at my nails.

 

[ellie]

I've also noticed the "nail ridges" correlating with GI flares, and particularly when my iritis had really flared. For about 10yrs prior to Dx they tended to split and break easily - interestingly they're much better since I began treatment for Crohn's


HD

 

[Trysha]

The lowe half of my nails are white instead of pink.
My first GI was THE best and always looked at my nails.
Current GI does not even do a physical---never has--- relies on infrequent colonoscopies
I think.