Blue fingernails
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Jonathan
All Hail Leon
Do you take colloidal silver? That can happen with that.
Otherwise, no idea, yeah, check the doc.
Squanch72
Kava Vendor
Thanks. Pretty sure I have Renaud's. I always have cold extremities. I had kicked all caffeine but lately I discovered yerba mate and think I went a little overboard with it and think it heightened my Renaud's.
rayken
Kava Enthusiast
I don't have Renaud's, well at least I don't think so, but I often have cold hands and feet. this is probably a result of being strung out often for no apparent reason. anyway sometimes when I take kava it can exaggerate the cold extremity feeling even though it makes me feel better.
Bubba Bula
krunkadelic relic
verticity
I'm interested in things
I hope you saw a doctor already, but if not you should:
"Blue fingernails can be a sign of various disorders and should be checked out. Very cold temperatures can temporarily slow the flow of blood through the skin leading to the bluish color, but this typically goes away when you warm up. In Raynaud's disease the fingers and toes blanch, then turn blue and may become numb or painful on exposure to cold. ... Blue fingernails - the medical term is cyanosis - can also be due to low hemoglobin, the carrier of oxygen in red blood cells. Normally, arterial blood is bright red, thanks to the oxygen it contains. Your skin color, including the skin under your nails, is a combination of your skin pigmentation plus the color of your blood. When oxygen levels decline, blood turns blue-red. Chronic cyanosis can be a sign of many different lung and breathing problems, including asthma, emphysema, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, chronic bronchitis and other respiratory disorders. It also can be a sign of a number of heart problems, as well as a response to high altitude and overdoses of certain drugs (narcotics, benzodiazepines, and some sedatives)."
Squanch72
Kava Vendor
Good looking out @verticity, I appreciate the concern. Going for blood work next week and following up with the doc the week after. I think it was a combination of yerba mate and imitrex that did it.
Squanch72
Kava Vendor
Figured I would update. Doctor said it is just a bit of Raynaud's from the cold weather. I always have had cold extremities, probably just getting worse with old age, plus I have been drinking yerba mate and the caffeine effects Raynaud's too.
Maybe I am turning into a Smurf
Or a Snurf like Mr. Lahey
Maybe I am turning into a Smurf
Or a Snurf like Mr. Lahey
Bubba Bula
krunkadelic relic
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Raynaud's_phenomenon#Signs_and_symptoms
"When the oxygen supply is depleted, the skin color turns blue (called cyanosis)."
"When the oxygen supply is depleted, the skin color turns blue (called cyanosis)."
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