Jigend
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Hello everyone. Long time lurker here, despite the low amount of posts. I'm posting here because I'm getting kind of afraid, for a condition which semi-mysteriously appeared on me (Terry's nails + nail ridging), and it doesn't seem to go away.
So, a bit of a background: I've been "half-Peating" for the past 2 years of so. And by half Peating I mean that I've been eating high sugar, doing a lot of coffee, milk, eating liver whenever I can (once per week at best, twice per month at worst), supplementing with glycine, having cola, avoiding PUFA, etc. I wouldn't say I follow all the indications down to a T, but I do what I can.
So, for the past 5 to 6 months, I've been super stressed. Not only do I have college related work to take care of, but I have another side-business of my own - which I run with a few friends of mine. And needless to say, I've been very stressed as of late. Perhaps even exaggerating on the coffee I take. Also, my nutrition has been very poor, I'll rightfully admit. I feel like I haven't been having enough calories per day (skipping some meals), and for energy, I'd sometimes apply a bit more salt, or sugar. I've also lost some weight in the past 3 months. Something I'm planning to fix, of course.
Now, onto the issues I find semi-mysterious:
1) I have been noticing that for the past 3 or so months my nails have been developing more and more vertical ridges. I didn't think much of it: I googled the issue, saw that it would most likely be related to a lack a of zinc, and that it would be something which would eventually fix itself, once I ordered zinc. And I did: At 10mg a day, the issue persists. Perhaps I'd need a higher dosage to fix the vertical ridging?
2) Anyway, for the past 4 days or so I've been kind of scared: I've noticed (or better yet, my mom noticed - which means it's clearly something noticeable by other people) that most of my nails, on both my right and my left hand are turning half-rosey on the top half, and paler on the bottom half (I think that's what you call the "lunula"). I googled a bit to find out what it was, and after a few hours of looking around on the web, I found what I assume to be the very same condition I have: Terry's nails. The pictures I've seen look exactly like my nails. With the addition that mine have vertical ridges as well.
Now this is getting me a bit scared. I saw what the conditions associated with this could be: liver failure, cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, hyperthyroidism, malnutrition.
Which leaves me at something related with either the heart or hyperthyroidism or malnutrition.
Edit: The following picture is a depiction of Terry's Nails + vertical ridging, and very similar to what I have (except my hands would be those of a 28yr old male)
So, a bit of a background: I've been "half-Peating" for the past 2 years of so. And by half Peating I mean that I've been eating high sugar, doing a lot of coffee, milk, eating liver whenever I can (once per week at best, twice per month at worst), supplementing with glycine, having cola, avoiding PUFA, etc. I wouldn't say I follow all the indications down to a T, but I do what I can.
So, for the past 5 to 6 months, I've been super stressed. Not only do I have college related work to take care of, but I have another side-business of my own - which I run with a few friends of mine. And needless to say, I've been very stressed as of late. Perhaps even exaggerating on the coffee I take. Also, my nutrition has been very poor, I'll rightfully admit. I feel like I haven't been having enough calories per day (skipping some meals), and for energy, I'd sometimes apply a bit more salt, or sugar. I've also lost some weight in the past 3 months. Something I'm planning to fix, of course.
Now, onto the issues I find semi-mysterious:
1) I have been noticing that for the past 3 or so months my nails have been developing more and more vertical ridges. I didn't think much of it: I googled the issue, saw that it would most likely be related to a lack a of zinc, and that it would be something which would eventually fix itself, once I ordered zinc. And I did: At 10mg a day, the issue persists. Perhaps I'd need a higher dosage to fix the vertical ridging?
2) Anyway, for the past 4 days or so I've been kind of scared: I've noticed (or better yet, my mom noticed - which means it's clearly something noticeable by other people) that most of my nails, on both my right and my left hand are turning half-rosey on the top half, and paler on the bottom half (I think that's what you call the "lunula"). I googled a bit to find out what it was, and after a few hours of looking around on the web, I found what I assume to be the very same condition I have: Terry's nails. The pictures I've seen look exactly like my nails. With the addition that mine have vertical ridges as well.
Now this is getting me a bit scared. I saw what the conditions associated with this could be: liver failure, cirrhosis, diabetes mellitus, congestive heart failure, hyperthyroidism, malnutrition.
- I wouldn't say I have diabetes, I feel warm most of the time, and I don't have any of the symptoms commonly associated with it (thirst, frequent urination, nausea, blurry vision, fatigue, etc).
- In regards to liver disease, I'd say that's extremely unlikely. I ingest a lot of sugar, I do aspirin every now and then, just 2 months ago I was having B1 for energy.
Which leaves me at something related with either the heart or hyperthyroidism or malnutrition.
- I checked my heart rate yesterday: 105bpm. It's a too high.
- What can I do to get it back down on the short to medium term? Magnesium? Zinc? B1? I remember all of those made me feel calmer and seemingly made my pulse go down a bit.
- Also, should I stop doing coffee for the time being?
- The hyperthyroid part is somewhat of a mystery.
- I know I feel warm most of the time, and that my heart rate is somewhat high, but my nutrition has been poor and low protein as of late (high sugar for energy though).
Edit: The following picture is a depiction of Terry's Nails + vertical ridging, and very similar to what I have (except my hands would be those of a 28yr old male)
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