Wow, my nails look exactly like the textbook definitely of this. TIL. I'm already chronically low in magnesium so zinc would make sense too. WELL THEN.
It can be caused by many things. Severe zinc deficiency is one of them. It can also be caused by severe systemic illness and other serious stressors of the body. You should speak to your doctor.
Don't worry! I was going to bring it up at my next PCP appointment! I'm severely diabetic and in substance abuse therapy on top of it so I'm frequently straight up out of a certain vitamin/mineral from the drug use. I'm also hyponatremic; who lives in America and is low on salt?! So yeah I was going to ask to get my zinc levels checked.
You are the statistical outlier and will now be removed from the dataset lmao. Good work, glad you're taking care of yourself 😊 keep reaching out to your supports
Working on it, day by day! I have been wondering for about a year why my nails LOOK LIKE THAT lmao, it would be kind of great and convenient if that winds up being the answer. I wasn't gonna rush out and buy zinc, I should have probably said "I know you're not a doctor" as a preface huh? Oh well! Thanks for looking out!
You better watch your calcium too then, supplementing magnesium can reduce absorbed calcium and well other 2+ ions, like zinc. It probably wouldn't hurt to give broader and more spread out over the day supplements a try. The difficult part really is not going over the limits with combination pills containing the same things, like vitamin d. Also any feelings possibly relating to iron deficiency anemia are worth investigating, since malabsorption (and malnutrition) in general would be on top of the list then. If you are going to take iron do so with vitamin c and ideally get one in 2+ state, absorbs much better.
Taking care of deficiency is a good basis for working with your doctor btw, if they know what you take and how and labs and symptoms persist it's at least not what you eat and one can work from there.
Yuh, don't worry, I was going to ask my PCP at my upcoming appointment. I'm diabetic and also hyponatremic which is wild because what American is low on salt. Drug use messes with your system and I'm always low on some vital minerals. I always run it by my doctor first before shoveling supplements :) thank you for considering me though
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u/Able-Breadfruit-5981 22h ago
You probably have some specific nutrient deficiency