Flat Fingernails

Most of us have forgotten what their fingernails look like without the nail polish on them. The nail polish may hide the essential problems your nails may encounter. Once in a while once should cease to use nail polish and make a one or two weeks “nail polish diet” and leave their fingernails breathe.

During this “breathing” period you may observe a lot of differences in your nail color, shape, thickness etc. As these little observations may help you discover what lies beneath this transformation, you should apply this “diet”.

Usually the nail differences and abnormalities are the result of poor nutrition, but you may never know when a serious disorder is in stake, that is why the opinion of a specialist is required.

Flat fingernails are usually a sign of lack of iron or protein, and this is the happy case, but rarely can it signify a more serious condition. The flat fingernails may represent the Raynaud’s disease.

Raynaud’s disease is a rare disorder of the blood vessels. It usually affects the fingernails and the toe nails. It is characterized by the narrowing of the blood vessels. With this narrowing the arteries reduces blood flow to the fingers and to the toes. Women are more exposed to this disease than men are. The studies have issued the fact that around five percent of the population of the United States has this disease. It usually appears before the age of thirty years old and it can also occur in the same family as a hereditary disease. But it should not be seen as a hereditary disease as it can appear likewise. Living in a cold climate may also trigger this disease.

The attacks people feel when having the Raynaud’s disease may be bound to the cold temperature, to the emotional stress they suffer. These attacks can last more than a minute and can occur at a peace of daily basis or weekly basis.

In order to treat yourself of this disease you should keep a warm temperature of your body all the time, cotton gloves should be wore, barefoot walking should be minimized, avoid infections on fingernails, emotional stress, avoid also smoking. Anyhow, these recommendations once discovered the disease will be given by the doctor.

Whether this is not the issue and you just lack iron and protein, you should follow a diet based on proteins and on healthy food. If your body does not accumulate the food you eat, you should take some supplements, under the doctor’s prescription.

As the disease can be discovered early, as the signs are sizable, one should not let it pass and not do anything to reduce it. Every little change you observe in the normal look of your fingernails should make you wonder. Not panic, and consult a specialist.

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