Nail psoriasis
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Read the post on the subject above yours GUTTATE PSORIASIS ALMOST GONE
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I have had p. for 20 yrs now but around 3 yrs ago I noticed my toe and finger nails have started to lift off my finger. I’ve been to several doctors and the two "suggestions" I have been given is either it’s a fungus infection or it is p. of the nails. Either way there is no immediate cure and the only treatment (if fungus) is to paint my nails three times a day for at least 6 months which is just too impracticle. Does anyone know how to tell the difference and any possible cures? To describe it my nail looks to be made of three bands of color, the normal pink color where the nail is connected to my finger, then a small band of darker pink coloring and then a white band where the nail is no longer connected. Under the nail is white and flaky. Any suggestions, I appreciate your help as I have learnet more from reading the articles on this group in the last couple of days than I have from 20 yrs of doctors. Cheers….
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> sounds very much like nail P > Dr, can send in a culture > but sounds like nail p
And, just to make your day, it can be both. The doctor treating my p took nail scrapings and confirmed that I had p and a fungus, and prescribed a mixture of liquid corticosteroid and liquid anti-fungal. The short explanation is that the p causes the nail to lift off the nailbed, leaving room for the fungus to hide. And now for the promised update on that treatment: The bummer with nails, of course, is that any improvement seems to take forever, due to their leisurely growth rate. After three weeks, the healthy pink strip (where the nail is nicely married to its bed) is perhaps 1/8th inch wider than it was. I don’t care if it takes 6 months of twice daily applications–I will be so jazzed if I ever have ten neat, short, undistorted fingernails. Regards, Susan Edkins
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I have posted to this group many times before under another name (I was sick and tired of the spam). I had a terrible case of Palmar-Plantar Pustular Psoriasis,that flared for several years, and was quite disabling. Looking back, I think that my thickened toenails were the first sign. Anyway, to make a long story short, I took a course of MTX last summer,which completely put my p in remission! However, I was regularly seeing a podiatrist for my two ingrown, deformed big toenails. I finally had to have them removed (permanently)in January, when it became obvious that the growth area of the nails was permanently damaged. They are STILL sore and draining. They previously were thickened, pitted, and lifted off of the nail bed. > Hello, > I am new in this group, may I ask if anyone has like me diagnosed nail > psoriasis > and what are you doing to cure(sic) it? > Thanks a lot
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>>BTW, what is nail psoriasis SUPPOSED to look like? Then I could be >certain 
>The nails have alot of little pits on them. It looks like >someone went at them with an ice pick. The nails are also >softer and more flexible then they should be.
Oddly, my nails have (as far as I can remember) had ‘grooves’ (length ways) along them, although I only ‘got’ Psoriasis maybe 10 years go. However, the first nail that went odd does have pits. Having looked at some pics suggested by Don, and a description by Amanda, I am pretty certain my nail problem is P. Oh well, at least I can now try treating it properly. — Chris Handley Please remove -NO- & -SPAM- from my email address when replying! — Sent using an unregistered copy of RMRNews v1.02 Check out our website at http://www.rmrsoft.com/ for other high quality software for EPOC machines.
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>I’ve posted this before, here it is again, because it’s the one area >of p for me that has ever cleared. I take evening primrose oil (EPO) >capsules, one 500mg capsule per day, and it cleared, and keeps clear, >my nails. If I stop the EPO, my nails crud up again within a few >weeks.
Thanks for this tip! I’ve got something which may be nail psoriasis, the doctors I’ve tried have been absolutely useless, often being not even sure what it is. BTW, what is nail psoriasis SUPPOSED to look like? Then I could be certain — Chris Handley — Sent using an unregistered copy of RMRNews v1.02 Check out our website at http://www.rmrsoft.com/ for other high quality software for EPOC machines.
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>BTW, what is nail psoriasis SUPPOSED to look like? Then I could be >certain
The nails have alot of little pits on them. It looks like someone went at them with an ice pick. The nails are also softer and more flexible then they should be. M, BATR.. ..Steve Bilan
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Hello, I am new in this group, may I ask if anyone has like me diagnosed nail psoriasis and what are you doing to cure(sic) it? Thanks a lot
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>I am new in this group, may I ask if anyone has like me diagnosed nail >psoriasis >and what are you doing to cure(sic) it?
I’ve posted this before, here it is again, because it’s the one area of p for me that has ever cleared. I take evening primrose oil (EPO) capsules, one 500mg capsule per day, and it cleared, and keeps clear, my nails. If I stop the EPO, my nails crud up again within a few weeks. FWIW. J.
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> Thanks for this tip! I’ve got something which may be nail psoriasis, > the doctors I’ve tried have been absolutely useless, often being not > even sure what it is. > BTW, what is nail psoriasis SUPPOSED to look like? Then I could be > certain
Chris, Take a look at this site: http://www.psoriasis.org/psortypes/nail.html. Even has a picture. Janet
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Also the tips of the nail, where it meets the skin(under) gets thick and sore and can be yellowy – instead of the nice straight line across, it is indented here and there where it has p. The nail gets quite thick and brittle, in severe cases the nail is totally affected, not just the tips. The p sort of grows underneath the nail and pushes it upward, so your nail can become misshapen. I keep mine short, cuz when you catch it on something it hurts like hell!!! A – Hide quoted text — Show quoted text ->BTW, what is nail psoriasis SUPPOSED to look like? Then I could be >certain > The nails have alot of little pits on them. It looks like > someone went at them with an ice pick. The nails are also > softer and more flexible then they should be. > M, BATR.. > ..Steve Bilan
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