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Has anyone had yellow nail syndrome with vasculitis. My partner has Vasculitis and two of his fingers have turned yellow?

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The immune supression medication can affect your nail bed and under the nails and make you more prone to fungal infections as my husband John can testify. He has WG.

Hope this helps

Susan

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Hi,

Not yellow but my big toenails have ingrown. Never had this problem in my life before. Very painful.

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hi i like John have WG and i have lost my thumb nail twice and its just started going again after 18mths also my middle finger nail has been infected, it is a fungal infection with me but DONT take my word for it you must go see your GP.

hope this is of some use to you......

Sandra

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