Half moons on nails

[lisan1]

Just wonder if anyone got their half moon back on their nails when they were on the right level of medicin?

[cjrsquared]

Never had half moons had TT for cancer in 2014 normal thyroid function until then, none have appeared since!

[TSH110]

Only there on the thumb index and middle. My nails are gross I have to almost cut into the quick as they split and flake so easily . Toe nails are a complete horror story misshapen and like sausages the very devil to cut. I had beautiful nails before this illness took hold.

[silverfox7 in reply to TSH110]

I read only the other day that flakey nails and difficulty cutting them was an underactive problem with the advice to see your doctor if it was both hands and feet to be tested. That would be aimed at people you didn't know they had a thyroid issue to check it out

Have you any recent bloods you can post?

[TSH110]

silverfox No bloods I gave up on all that a couple of years back. I switch to NDT and felt normal again so just go on how I feel. The nails have been a persistent problem that have not resolved I saw the doc about them who was completely dismissive told me to soak them in a bowl of water 🙄 Odd because he is usually very good. Would not refer me to a chiropodist either. I think that has all gone now. I suspect I was so overtly hypo that permanent damage was done to the nail beds because I cannot get them to improve. My other annoyance is wipe out in the evening but it might be commuting and a physically demanding job and only 1 day off a week - but I can find nothing helpful I might do to sort these nails out. I take vit d3 3000iu and a multivitamin (immuneace vitabiotics the only one of theirs with no soya) but a lot here say they are a waste of time. I ought to get a blood test just to see what it reveals but as I have a good quality of life, hold down two good jobs, go to college to study one day and no longer have any depression (hooray!) which blighted my life for decades. I can't see it can be far off the right dose. Ha ha to do all that I ought to be hyper but I don't feel like I am - it is not pleasant but the way I feel is. One odd problem I have is terrible untidiness my hypo sister is the same. I used to be minimal and orderly - it's a strange illness with unexpected effects...

[dang in reply to TSH110]

Vit D in multivitamins is a complete waste, I took one for a year and by the end of the year my vit D reading was 10 ranger started at 30. You need oil capsules since D3 is hard to absorb, the oil caps help absorption. Also 3,000 a day can be a small dose. When I first started trying to improve my D deficiency my doc put me on 20,000 a day for the first while before reducing to 20,000 a week (around what you're taking). It worked for a while but after this winter my D dropped again so now I'm raising my dose again.

[TSH110 in reply to dang]

dang i take separate specific vit d3 tablets as well as the multivitamin tablet. They did improve my vit d which was 20 (I felt awful) also I work outside so have sunshine on my side. That said, I still got deficient when I was working outside but have not felt that dire since. I fell badly recently and broke my pelvis (hairline so not serious) but it seems to have knitted up ok.

I went through a rib break phase a while back, yet the DEXA scan rated me in the top 1% of the population! All very strange.

[dang in reply to TSH110]

Sorry I misread that you took vit D "as" a multivitamin, my mistake! That's what I did and it didn't work for me.

[TSH110 in reply to dang]

dang don't think I was very clear in first post. I ought to investigate taking single vitamin doses rather than a multivitamin but I fear I'd forget to take lots of tablets! And where to begin?

[dang in reply to TSH110]

I started by having all the required vitamins and minerals tested at my doctor's. He prescribed me vit D as an oil capsule (the tablets don't absorb well). I then took the rest of my results to a Naturopath who luckily is specialized in Hashimoto's he helps me sort my diet and supplements. It's been a real big help, since it could be really hard figuring it all out on your own.

The resources available thanks to the members on this forum are also very helpful, it's useful to get your vitamin levels regularly checked and you can post them here, often the more knowledgable members will step in with great advice.

[dang]

I'm slowly starting to get them back. But I think it has nothing to do with the meds, more to do with the B12, D, Folate, B1, and all the other supplements I take (I am deficient in a lot). I now have 3 tiny little half moons on my left hand. And one on each big toe. I had no half moons for many years, and never really had more than 3-4 tiny little ones at any point in my life that I can remember.

[mtcorr]

Hi, I switched to ndt in Nov and yes mine have come back. One hand is slightly better but both thumbs are good. Funny my thumbnails have always been a good indication of my health. One had a huge gorge/dip in it which is slowly disappearing. I still have ridges but they now feel smooth. Like the other person my toenails are not a pretty sight but I'll just take the angle grinder to them later😄.

[TSH110 in reply to mtcorr]

mtcorr the ridges on mine are very pronounced thumb and pinkie on right and all but index on left are like miniature pink ploughed fields! Fantasy finger farming - now there's a thought!

[stoneym]

Hi lisan1 . Yes, my moons have recently re-appeared on six of my fingers, after not seeing them for many, many years - (except for small thumb moons.)

I got psoriasis on my hands, last year, and I thought the moons had reappeared because the irritated skin has drawn back from the nails. I was blaming the psoriasis and thought it was a bad thing, damaging my skin and nails; but perhaps it is a good thing, resulting from thyroid improvement.

I would be very interested to know which is the correct reason.

[lisan1 in reply to stoneym]

It's the same for me. When I was on higher dose levo mine came back. But doc decreased meds since tsh was 0.05 and they disappeared again.

[MiniMum97]

Have just realised I do not have any moons!

[Silver_Fairy]

I read it was a symptom of B12 deficiency.

[Jump1 in reply to Silver_Fairy]

Dont believe that is true my b12 is good and my moons are waning away