Raynaud's Fingernails
Posted in: Fingernails' problems by weddingcometrue | July 16th 2010 | no comments
Fingernails are a very important part of our body. They are the ones that contribute both to the protection of your hands as well as your nail bed’s infection and they are a mirror to one’s health. They represent not only a thing of beauty but they are as well a needing part of one’s body.
Good looking fingernails are pinkish in color, they have a smooth surface, they grow nicely and they do not tear apart so easily. Whether your fingernails do not have these characteristics, it means that something may be deadly wrong with them.
In observing whether there is anything wrong with them one must take a good look at the fingernails and see whether there are changes in the fingernails color, shape, surface, growth, texture. Every little change that one may notice in all of these signifies that you must look into it. Therefore, each time you have your nail polish removed, one should take a good look at the fingernails. Sometimes it may prove to be more useful than you may think.
From all the fingernail disorders that one can suffer from the Raynaud’s fingernails. The symptoms that lead to thinking that you may be suffering from this disease are discoloration of fingers, toes, longitudinal ridges. The main reason that produces this disease is the decrease of the blood supply from the organism, emotional stress and as well living in a cold environment.
There is a difference between the Raynaud's disease and the Raynaud's syndrome. While the first one is easier and not so serious, it can lead to the second one if it is not properly treated and therefore it can cause some serious damage to your fingernails. The first one often develops in young women in their early adult years, which are because of the coldness. Sometimes it may as well have some hereditary causes. What as well, triggers the appearance and makes the causes become deeper is smoking, caffeine.
If this is the first Raynaud’s fingernails problem one may deal with, the more serious Raynaud's syndrome is connected to a variety of other internal disorders, like some connective tissue disorders – sclerodema, systemic lupus, polymyositis, rheumatoid arthritis; eating habits – anorexia; obstructive disorders – Buerger’s disease, Thoracic outlet, atherosclerosis; drugs – ergotamine, sulfasalazine; occupation – whether one is involved into a job that implies vibration, cols exposure etc.
If you seize this difference in your hands, you must be aware of the fact that immediate solutions must be found. As long as it deals with this disorders one must go and ask for a specialist advice as he is the only one capable of telling you what you should do. He will check the artery pressure, make you a blood test, verify your thyroid and test for rheumatoid factor.
The treatment for this disorder that one’s fingernails may be suffering from, vary from the general care that one should continue for further time, to even surgical intervention, if that is the case. The treatment aim is to reduce the attacks and prevent the damage of the tissue and the fingernails loss. What doctor’s usually recommend is a non drug treatment, but of the case is more serious and they are obliged to use drugs, they most certainly will.
The general care one can as well do by himself is to avoid cold environments and to maintain the fingernails in warm ones, if one smokes, he should quit smoking, working in a stressful environment doe bad even to your fingernails, therefore, one should control the stress that one feels of or even the stress factors; exercising will as well do good to your fingernails.
The drug treatment will be provided just by a doctor and will contain direct specifications related to how and when to take those. While nothing works, a surgical intervention is needed; the [procedure is known as sympatchectomy and it consists of having the blood vessels of the fingertips removed by cutting them.
Instead of confronting yourself with this thing, you would better take care of your fingernails.