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What Causes Horizontal Ridges On Thumb Nails?
Question: I have horizontal ridges across my thumbnails.ive had them a long time.they grow through ridged sometimes a lot worse than others also sometimes on my other fingernails especially my third finger on either hand
Brief Answer:
ridges on nails
Detailed Answer:
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You have notice horizontal ridges on your nails. This ridges are due to growth abnormalities of the nail matrix. Sometimes this occurs with nutritional deficiencies and with anemias. In your case it could be related to iron deficiency anemia. If you have already tried iron supplementation and not noticed any changes then the problem is the nail matrix is abnormal. There is nothing that can be done to correct this problem.
If you send an image of your nails I may be better able to help with your problem
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ridges on nails
Detailed Answer:
Thank you for contacting HMC with your medical questions
You have notice horizontal ridges on your nails. This ridges are due to growth abnormalities of the nail matrix. Sometimes this occurs with nutritional deficiencies and with anemias. In your case it could be related to iron deficiency anemia. If you have already tried iron supplementation and not noticed any changes then the problem is the nail matrix is abnormal. There is nothing that can be done to correct this problem.
If you send an image of your nails I may be better able to help with your problem
I hope I answered your question. Please contact us again if you have any further questions
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