Martin Finne <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> > Other signs of oxygen deprivation:
> > nail beds turn white, grey, or blue-ish.
>
> I just read in that white spots on the nails is a sign of gluten
> intolerance.
> Is this the same fenomena? These spots are positioned anywhere on the nail
> (at least mine :).

No, that's the nail itself.  It's not the skin under the nail (the nail
bed).

> Anyway, if the white nail bed is a sign of food allergy, then we all
> suffer? At least almost everyone I know. I have notised that some *don't*
> have white nail beds.

Most people have a pinkish tone (even ghostly white folks like me).  The
white isn't an allergy sign per se, it's a sign of oxygen deprivation.
It's terribly obvious when it turns gray/blue.  Push down hard on one
of your nails and the nail bed should turn white.  _That_ is the type
of white I'm talking about.  You can see a similar reaction when your
hands are cold.  It's from the normal vasoconstriction reaction.  It's
when your hands are white/blue all the time that it's a danger sign.

Lee M.Thompson-Herbert        KD6WUR                  [log in to unmask]
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