terrys nails pic

[linzenilss22]

white with brown band

[Bolly]

Not used to diagnose liver disease any more. Docs prefer blood work, scans, etc.

[art4949]

If you visit nhs.com and type in white nails with red or brown tips it should give you more information. About 80% of people who have cirrhosis will have similar nail beds to yours. You would need to investigate this matter further by visiting your GP to determine the cause. A series of blood tests would help. The nail beds are only indicators of potential conditions/ health issues. For example, You may have cirrhosis but your nail beds may have a pale appearance because your are anaemic, so it is important to seek a proper diagnosis. The nature of your nail beds could even be hereditary. Good luck.

[linzenilss22 in reply to art4949]

Hello I've had blood tests elevated bilirubin everything else normal and 2 normal ultrasounds but I still suspect cirrhosis.

[Hidden in reply to linzenilss22]

get a Fibroscan then. ultrasound is not very good at seeing early scarring, but it should rule out major damage. i think you are suffering from anxiety. i have a band around the top and my Fibroscan is 4.2kpa, normal.

3 years of drinking is unlikely to cause cirrhosis unless you were drinking a bottle of vodka a day, hundreds of units a week! how much were you drinking?

[linzenilss22 in reply to Hidden]

I was drinking half a bottle of vodka a day sometimes more sometimes less. Than a year ago half a pint of vodka a day

[Bolly in reply to linzenilss22]

Elevated bilirubin but normal other liver enzymes suggests problems with bile ducts not cirrhosis. Are docs investigating things like PSC/PBC as they affect the bile ducts.

[linzenilss22 in reply to Bolly]

I had a hidascan done and gallbladder was working fine wouldn't that show bile duct problem?

[Bolly in reply to linzenilss22]

Wendy answered that question on your other thread about the Hida scan.

[justme321]

I also have brown bands around my fingertips. But my nails are not white.

[ryan9119]

Your nails aren't white. That is the onychodermal band at the end of your nails and is normal. Your nails are fine.

[PCBnPBC]

My nails were so bad they looked like I was about to loose every nail, more like scabby claws than nails, we tried everything....... it (in retrospect) seemed to be a scherrosis, nothing touched it until my transplant, they said the anti rejection drugs would clear it, and they did in about 2 weeks!! I have had bad nails for years.....

[H1ghtower]

They call it clubbing i think and quite common for cirrhosis end stage patients! They could of thought of a better way of describing it though as too much "clubbing" is what f@&£ed a lot of our livers in the first place, lol.