On Sun, 13 Feb 2005 11:30:09 -0500, Stardust <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> After talking to a woman in the HFS she says from what she knows ridged
> nails could be a sign of iron deficiency.  I will have to go and get it
> checked out, since I'm usually amnemic.
>

Four years ago my blood test showed dangerously high level of iron
(ferritin).
That had no effect on the grooves in fingernails.

Please note that M.D.s are trained to see ridges, must be why they look at
my grooved nails and talk about ridges.

William