Re: OT again, sorry. Looking for info, lines on fingernails???

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Zinc deficiency? I think I have read that before.

Anne

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> I am about to start searching the web but wanted to see what you

all thought. I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized

his nails were practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed

to the tips. I know this means something but I am not sure what. I

can't believe I didn't notice them before. And he is my NT kid. I

immediately checked my ASD son and his are the same, and so are

mine.

>

> Anyone know what this is?

>

> Thanks so much!

>

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[Guest guest]

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I know that when they looked at my son's nails, they were looking for white

spots. Typically I believe they are horizontal ones.... this can mean a

zinc deficiency. Are you doing mB12 injections? MB12 does deplete several

vitamin/mineral: magnesium, zinc, selenium, B2, B3, B6, Vit C, Vit E and it

also bypasses a biochem pathway... this is why you need to supplement either

folinic or folic acid.

Just a thought!

Jackie---

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>I am about to start searching the web but wanted to see what you all

>thought. I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized his nails

>were practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to the tips. I

>know this means something but I am not sure what. I can't believe I didn't

>notice them before. And he is my NT kid. I immediately checked my ASD son

>and his are the same, and so are mine.

>

> Anyone know what this is?

>

> Thanks so much!

>

[Guest guest]

http://www.skinatlas.com/nails.htm

lvchefmel wrote:

> I am about to start searching the web but wanted to see what you all

> thought. I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized his

> nails were practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to the

> tips. I know this means something but I am not sure what. I can't

> believe I didn't notice them before. And he is my NT kid. I

> immediately checked my ASD son and his are the same, and so are mine.

>

> Anyone know what this is?

>

> Thanks so much!

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

you often read that this is a zinc deficiency problem, but zinc directly

displaces mercury from compounds it is bound too. I have seen nails improve

and moons come back after successfully chelating mercury.

Until my burden of mercury got lower I could not take zinc, and if I did

something like take zinc with probiotics I would get burning all over my

body and skin from methylizing it.

For some digestive enzymes will improve these very quick. Personally if I

take liquid silica and a drop of lugols iodine every day my skin and nails

improve rapidly.

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Subject: [ ] OT again, sorry. Looking for info, lines on

fingernails???

I am about to start searching the web but wanted to see what you all

thought. I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized his nails

were practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to the tips. I

know this means something but I am not sure what. I can't believe I didn't

notice them before. And he is my NT kid. I immediately checked my ASD son

and his are the same, and so are mine.

Anyone know what this is?

Thanks so much!

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

I am not positive of an answer but I do understand your concern. I'm hoping

you have the answer by now.

I have an autoimmune condition and had to take a drug that is also used as

chemo for leukemia. (lower dose) It made my nails look like what you

described.

It is not a fungus or disease which so many website searches lead me to.

I was told that it had something to do with the immune system, I don't know

if it's correct, but maybe it is because that was the puirpose of the drug I

was taking, to Lower my immune system...

There's also a little boy that we know that had the same exact lines, his

father actually is who told me not to get nervous if my nails changed as he

took the same drug.

I would look into a vitamin deficiency or something on those lines, perhaps

there's something missing or not being absorbed right?

hth,

Carol

Re: [ ] OT again, sorry. Looking for info, lines on

fingernails???

> http://www.skinatlas.com/nails.htm

>

> lvchefmel wrote:

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>> I am about to start searching the web but wanted to see what you all

>> thought. I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized his

>> nails were practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to the

>> tips. I know this means something but I am not sure what. I can't

>> believe I didn't notice them before. And he is my NT kid. I

>> immediately checked my ASD son and his are the same, and so are mine.

>>

>> Anyone know what this is?

>>

>> Thanks so much!

>>

>>

>> __________________________________________________

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[Guest guest]

this is mentioned in Andy's book somewhere between Page 40 -60 ish

http://www.noamalgam.com/

he enplanes it as one of the signs / markers to heavy metal

toxicity.

Kenny V

>

> I am about to start searching the web but wanted to see what you

all thought. I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized

his nails were practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to

the tips. I know this means something but I am not sure what. I

can't believe I didn't notice them before. And he is my NT kid. I

immediately checked my ASD son and his are the same, and so are

mine.

>

> Anyone know what this is?

>

> Thanks so much!

>

>

> __________________________________________________

>

[Guest guest]

Ridges in the nail usually indicate zinc deficiency - so at least that's an

easy one to supplement!!

(I use Brainchild liquid for my daughter and take it myself as well. I

think their Vits and mins generally taste horrible but the zinc is tasteless

except for the lemon as long as you are deficient).

Josie

OT again, sorry. Looking for info, lines on

fingernails???

I am about to start searching the web but wanted to see what you all

thought. I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized his nails

were practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to the tips. I

know this means something but I am not sure what. I can't believe I didn't

notice them before. And he is my NT kid. I immediately checked my ASD son

and his are the same, and so are mine.

Anyone know what this is?

Thanks so much!

__________________________________________________

[Guest guest]

Thanks so everyone!!! I really appreciate all responses.

I think the zinc and calcium deficiency theory is most likely. We aren't

doing b-12 shots but will keep that info tucked away, thanks! The metal

poisoning would make sense with me and my ASD son but not so much with my other

son and actually after looking at my daughter, she has them as well. Neither of

the two of them have been vaccinated and my daughter wasn't even a Rhogam baby

like my boys were. They very well have extra metals but shouldn't be at toxic

levels.

I did do some muscle testing and came back with each of us needing both of

those in varying degrees. We are obviously not getting everything we need.

Interesting since one son drinks oj with calcium and my daughter still gets some

formula though mostly rice milk with calcium powder in it now.

I think we will try extras of those for awhile/really look at our recent diets

and see if it gets better.

Thanks to all! It just freaked me out to see that!

Valentina Scharpf <val999@...> wrote:

> I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized his nails were

practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to the tips. I know this

means something but I am not sure what.

I think this means Zinc deficiency. But I also found this explained as Calcium

deficiency....

Valentina

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[Guest guest]

> I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized his nails were

practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to the tips. I know this

means something but I am not sure what.

I think this means Zinc deficiency. But I also found this explained as Calcium

deficiency....

Valentina

[Guest guest]

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> I am about to start searching the web but wanted to see what you all

thought. I was cutting my son's nails this morning and realized his

nails were practically striped. The lines go from the nailbed to the

tips. I know this means something but I am not sure what. I can't

believe I didn't notice them before. And he is my NT kid. I

immediately checked my ASD son and his are the same, and so are mine.

Are these lines or ridges? According to one book I have:

White bands can indicate protein deficiency.

Black bands can indicate early melanoma.

Ridges and dark nails can indicate B vitamin deficiency or iron

deficiency.

Dana

[Guest guest]

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> Hi Dana!

>

> The lines are really more like ridges, I guess. There is no color

change, just what appears to be lines running from the cuticle to the

tip. They are more pronounced on the kids than on my husband and I.

Several people on two message boards posted links to answer your

question. I uploaded them to my site last night [there are three],

near the bottom of this section

http://www.danasview.net/parent3.htm#general

>>I really didn't think our diets were that bad, especially my 17 mo old.

My kids had a relatively good diet, but they were still horribly

deficient in several nutrients because their guts were not absorbing

the nutrients from the food.

Dana