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Posted 5/4/2017 4:44 PM (GMT 0)
Does anyone else have this symptom? Mine look like lines of small teardrops on my nails. Do you think it's lyme and co related or something else?
Posted 5/4/2017 5:15 PM (GMT 0)
Here is a handy chart. www.lyme-symptoms.com/LymeCoinfectionChart.html

I you look down under Skin Disturbances you will see nail changes are a symptom of Borelliosis.

Lyme really affected my nails. I not only got ridges but I got tiny black splinter looking things. They were weird.
Posted 5/4/2017 5:19 PM (GMT 0)
My research tells anything from aging nails, fungal, Lyme and coinfections, heart problems..and a few more suggestions. Have you had a complete blood workup? Would be good to rule out anything serious 😊

Post Edited (Purrrsiankitty) : 5/4/2017 11:25:40 AM (GMT-6)

Posted 5/4/2017 5:22 PM (GMT 0)
I have those vertical ridges on my nails too - they used to be on every single one of my nails, and some were really quite prominent!

But, if you have "pitted" nails, it can be a very early sign of psoriasis, and is something to be concerned about. I have been using coconut oil as a moisturizer (even on my nails), and use "Align" brand probiotics with has only one strain of probiotics - b. infantis - which has been proven to help stop psoriasis:

/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/23842110
Posted 5/4/2017 5:51 PM (GMT 0)
I have the ridges, too...they came after having these infections for several months.

A couple of my nails have those teardrop formations with the lines.

I also have white spots -

BUT - I just cut my fingernails a few days ago...and almost all the white spots are gone now...they were at the part that I cut off and now only one nail has one....

Definitely related to these infections.
Posted 5/4/2017 6:39 PM (GMT 0)
Omg, I have a black splinter and a pitted nail too! I will look up psoriasis. I've had 2 blood work ups recently with nothing abnormal, but I've yet to do any ANA tests. Thanks for all the info!
Posted 5/4/2017 6:55 PM (GMT 0)
Bartonella causes very small splinter looking things in the nails - I get these all the time, especially when I'm in treatment for Bart, along with some other signs.
Posted 5/4/2017 9:58 PM (GMT 0)
My splinter looking things, well I don't think they were bart. I think mine were just Borreliosis.

Doesn't really matter. I treated for lyme and it is all good now.
Posted 5/4/2017 10:05 PM (GMT 0)
I had quite a number of these on many of my fingers, however I only have 2 left now. They are clearing up quite nicely.
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