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white pigment in finger nails
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I was looking at my thumbs today and just noticed a half val of white forming under the nail. It's only on my thumbs and bigger on the left one, is this like too much calcium or something? Should I be worried, I know some bad things can show signs like this.
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Don't be worried.
He's a doctor.
Though he can't diagnose you over the internets. :rotate:
But yeah... just white pigment? Meh. It is normal for nails to grow faster on one hand as well.
Limed for ad nauseam. Really, though, there's a protocol to be had about what I can say 'on the record' and 'off the record' and how that reflects on me if someone were to, say, come to H/A, hear from me, have something bad happen to them, and blame the bad doctor on the webcomic forum.
To give some more detailed information, white or clear spots in the nails correlate poorly to actual physical states or diagnoses. It can be a slight separation of the nail from the nail bed as a function of growth or slight trauma (asymptomatic); a mark of an anemia (presenting with fatigue, general paleness, clear sclera); a temporary lack of calcium as mentioned above (asymptomatic), as well as a few others. I checked out the mentioned wiki, and it seems thorough, if a bit...serious.
Without other symptoms, nobody should worry about this.