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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Spokane Valley, Wa
Posts: 473
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Join Date: May 2007
Location: Spokane Valley, Wa
Posts: 473
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Rivkah,
I'm sorry to hear about the loss of your toenails, it sounds painful. 
I have the exact opposite problem. My toenails are very ingrown and I must have four of them removed... the big toenail and the one next to it on both feet. I am in the middle of wart treatments, then on to the removals ouch! At least I like the podiatrist... he's a nice young man, fresh out of school.
Sandel, that was a wonderful description of what happens to my fingernails, too. They break in layers, and are thicker and more ridged than pre-rsd... yet more brittle, too. They are also yellowing. They embarrass me.
The only "tips" I have are what I do to my own nails. I do a lot of filing. It smooths out the ridges and takes off the top yellow layer, too. The nail is much whiter then. I also get thick hard cuticles, so I file them off too. I go through a LOT of files these days, lol.
It really is amazing just how many body systems rsd affects. But then again, I have several diseases that have many symptoms, so I get easily confused as to what goes with what, I'm afraid.
The newest one is something called an "Arnold-Chiari malformation". I'll find out more in about ten days after an MRI.
Good luck in solving the nail issues, everyone. It sucks that one of the few outward signs of rsd is ugly nails. 
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