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What do ridges on the fingernails indicate?

What are ridges on the fingernails supposed to indicate?  I have some vertical ridges, running from bottom to top.  I have been told that this is an indicator of something, but I can't remember.


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my aunt who is a docter has always told me that this is an indication of low calsium levels.

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This is normal


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Nothing you need to worry about

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I don't know, but i have them, too, and they progressively worsen, it seems.  doctor has looked and doesn't know (imagine that?!).  with mine, the ridges are deep and horizontal.  the cuticles begin the process it seems with disintegrating, so to speak little by little, to where there is no more cuticle at the "moon" part of the nailbed.  then, the ridges begin as small dents in the middle of the nail, and progressively more dents become obvious and they deepen.    it don't look good, if ya know what i mean, but the main thing is what does it mean???  anybody else ever have it?

 

 

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this website at mayo talks about verticle ridges, but what about horizontal ridges?

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Were your ridges horizontal?  Did you also have missing cuticles on the nails where there were ridges?  Thanks for your input...  one last question, was there any eczema involved on your fingers, hands, elsewhere?

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Please live with purpose, don't give up.  I will pray for you right now.

  Have another scan done in a couple of weeks.
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that indicates what your nail biting habits are.

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