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dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
I did until like a week ago.
I’d had enough as they hurt and wasn’t getting better, I do a lot of rock climbing so the chalk makes the issue worse, plus I have not been doing great mentally so diet and hydration was awful.
What I did:
My nails are better now. My mental health not so much but one step at a time.
You gave me fairly panic with that nail lines constant and I just had to go look it up.
No, nails having lines going down them is not necessarily a sign of vitamin deficiency. Turns out that the majority of the time it’s completely harmless and a sign of aging. Both index fingers and my right middle finger have a very faint dark line going from cuticle tip.
Your mileage may vary, IDK about your personal diet etc. just wanted to chime in about the nails thing
Interesting. Thanks and sorry for scaring you.
I would note that mine are on a single nail and less lines and more defined ridges where you can run another nail over and feel it bumping across.
No need to apologize!!
I thrive on neurotic energy??
Well I’m always looking up things that were in so knowledge is power and all that
Yeah; when those lines are horizontal – though –, you may want to worry. But vertically, usually not.
Dark lines going down on nails could also be a sign of subungual melanoma, so you might want to check for that.
Comment to find this back later! I’m over 40 and just accepted my hands being fucked up as part of life.
I didn’t know about the nail ridges-vitamin deficiency thing until my lady told me recently, makes sense. She got me a case of the ensure plus for extra calories to supplement through the day and it does help. Eat some veggies, get some sunlight, maybe go to a shelter and walk some dogs. Hopefully the physical elevates the mental, I’m in a similar spot and hope you get feeling better internet stranger 👍
Thank you for this.
I already do plenty of walking as if I didn’t I don’t think I’d be here honestly. I might look into ensure as I’ve had them from the doctor when my diet has been poor in the past.
Don’t know if you’re the same but life’s like a rollercoaster man. One minute I’m doing good and mentally happy the next I can’t get out of bed and off YouTube.
It’s like I’m just passing as much time as possible with no end goal in mind. Just death at the end.
Sorry for being dark.
This is very relatable. Can I ask you about your age? I’m 35 and struggling with eating enough my whole life.
I’m early 40’s. Never really had a big appetite and just saw food as a means to not die, but things are untenable right now.
Yeah, I’m about the same… when my mental health is good, I eat better. But at the slightest bit of stress: I just quit eating lol.
LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I’m positive 95% of your results came just from drinking more water. when your hands look like the picture, it’s almost definitely because you’re chronically dehydrated.
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 months ago
I am not so sure. As I said in the post I drink a lot of water.
So I wake up and have a cup of tea and for evening meal I have a can of Pepsi. Everything else in the day is just water and never less than 1.5 litres.
For me at least I think it was the climbing chalk and poor eating habits so lacking vitamins. I guess I’ll never truly know and it’s good advice to be hydrated.
LeroyJenkins@lemmy.world 5 months ago
nah, it’s usually hand moisture that causes this. if you do a lot of stuff that dries your hands out, you’ll get it too. climbing chalk can do that. I also said 95% is hydration. vitamins can also help.
FordBeeblebrox@lemmy.world 5 months ago
I think the vitamin deficiency is more likely, I have similar issues. Lived in Phoenix for years and had a water bottle on hand all the time, it’s a part of the bigger picture but not the main driver I’d surmise.