Re: fingernails

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Possible causes:

insufficient protein intake/absorption (nails are protein)

underactive thyroid (requires COMPLETE thyroid workup,

including free T3)

psoriasis (unlikely?)

--Steve

At 6:10 AM -0500 12/22/03, fbayuk@... wrote:

>... my daughter is 19 months out, easy RNY 150 cm by passed and has

>been doing extremely

>well. Her fingernails are becoming brittle, thinner and has ridges. Is there

>are problem?

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In a message dated 12/22/2003 9:26:09 AM Eastern Standard Time, sng@...

writes:

underactive thyroid

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Actually she did have one sorta low reading for T4. She will check it again

after the Holidays. I got her in Florida until New Years. Thanks everyone.

Fay Bayuk

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