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Dowa
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Posted 11/3/2010 2:40 PM (GMT -8)
Hi Everyone: I was wondering if any of you experience deep verticle ridges in your fingernails? I have read that this can also be hypothyroid but my levels are normal. Anyone have this show up as a symptom of Lyme Disease? Thanks.  D
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Tala3
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Posted 11/3/2010 7:37 PM (GMT -8)
Not sure, but I do have Lyme Disease and I am hypothyroid...I've been hypothyroid (treated) for many years and the ridges showed up since I started LD treatment in the past year.
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Traveler
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Posted 11/4/2010 6:50 AM (GMT -8)
I have had some deep ridges & some not so deep, in my fingernails & toe nails for as long as I can remember!! I had to check out my nails, now that I've read this & discovered that those ridges are not as deep as they used to be. Not sure what this all means.
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Posted 8/27/2012 3:03 PM (GMT -8)
I have vertical ridges on my nails thumb nail is the worse.. and I have lyme and wonder about my thyroid.. but test say OK.. ? I don't know what causes these ridges either.. kinda strange the doctor doesnt notice,, will show mine when I see him next visit.
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WisconsinGardener
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Posted 8/27/2012 3:08 PM (GMT -8)
Is it just your TSH testing OK? Or have you had your T3 and T4 tested, too? "Normal" TSH is such a wide range as to be meaningless for some people. I have tested normal for years, and it was only after I insisted that they test the T3 and T4 that the hypothyroidism showed up.

I've heard that ridges in your nails is a sign of iodine deficiency. Related to hypothyroidism, but not the same thing. Most Americans are low, especially in the Great Lakes regions.
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PrayingForAMiracle
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Posted 8/29/2012 4:48 AM (GMT -8)
My Dr. told me it's due to a mineral deficiency.
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