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What Causes Pain In The Nail Bed?
Question: Why do I get pain in my nail bed on both hands, periodically?
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-How long and how frequent have you been noticing pain?
-Have you noticed any redness underneath or around fingernails?
-Which fingernails are affected?
-Have you noticed white bluish discoloration of nails along with pain?
-Have you noticed worsening pain on exposure to cold?
-Do you often get manicures? If so, how frequent?
-Have you noticed pain in the finger joints or any other joints?
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Detailed Answer:
Hello,
Thank you for trusting HealthcareMagic,
Kindly follow up with the following details so that I can give you a definite answer:
-How long and how frequent have you been noticing pain?
-Have you noticed any redness underneath or around fingernails?
-Which fingernails are affected?
-Have you noticed white bluish discoloration of nails along with pain?
-Have you noticed worsening pain on exposure to cold?
-Do you often get manicures? If so, how frequent?
-Have you noticed pain in the finger joints or any other joints?
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Dr.Lekshmi
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Dr. Arnab Banerjee
This has been happening since I was in my thirties. I do not get manicures or redness underneath or around fingernails, no white bluish discoloration. A ridge is created as if my body was drawing from whatever material created the nail. Ridge runs side to side, not front to back.
The better the vitamins I take, the less of a problem I have.
The better the vitamins I take, the less of a problem I have.
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Hello again,
The horizontal ridges you are noticing on the finger nails are called Beau's lines. These lines can occur due to many resins including thyroid disorders, diabetes, nail bed infection and vitamin deficiency.
Treatment depend on identifying and managing the underlying cause.
Please be advised to follow up with your primary care provider to undergo thyroid function test, blood sugar levels and rule out nail bed infection.
Meanwhile, you can take over the counter Biotin tablets to strengthen nails.
Hope this answers your questions
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Dr.Lekshmi
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Detailed Answer:
Hello again,
The horizontal ridges you are noticing on the finger nails are called Beau's lines. These lines can occur due to many resins including thyroid disorders, diabetes, nail bed infection and vitamin deficiency.
Treatment depend on identifying and managing the underlying cause.
Please be advised to follow up with your primary care provider to undergo thyroid function test, blood sugar levels and rule out nail bed infection.
Meanwhile, you can take over the counter Biotin tablets to strengthen nails.
Hope this answers your questions
Please address further questions here
Regards
Dr.Lekshmi
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