Nail indentions and hair loss - anyone else?
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First time I had mono when I was 16 I was sick for about a month and after that I remember getting one deep horizontal indention in each of my finger nails. I eventually grew out and didn't really bother me but i remember googling it and read that you can get those nail ridges after your body has been through a trauma such as a viral infection. Anyways, this time around when I have been sick in a relapsing-remitting fashion for about 10 months I have these indents again but instead of one big one there are several smaller ones all across the nails, from cuticle to the tip. I also started losing quite a lot of hair about 3 months into the illness this time. I just find it so fascinating that you can actually see the viral flares that I have had for the past months in my nails! Not that I am excited about bumpy nails or hair loss but just fascinated. Has anyone else experienced this?
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craig07920 isabelle54481
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Goodness Isabelle you have been through the mill with this, I thankfully didn't notice anything like that when I went through the virus - well actually that's not entirely true as my hair was falling out generally at that point!! I don't have much hair left now!! I know it's totally different for a girl though and that is a very hard thing to deal with.
I have been told before I have something called hypermobility, which is basically that your joints are over flexible. Collagen is the substance which your body doesn't make right or something, and that is a factor in nails and hair too. Taking a collagen supplement or amino acids could be something that might help, maybe worth looking into.
Hang in there Isabelle and hoping for a good day for you today.
Craig
isabelle54481 craig07920
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That is interesting, I also have hypermobilty. I haven't had problems with it except for a bulging disc in my lower back a few years ago, it caused a lot of pain at the time but thankfully went away after a while. Is it something like that that you have with your back? I can still feel it today f I have done weighted squats at the gym or been sitting down for several hours but it doesnt bother me much. My mother also had bulging disc in the exact same place as me (L5 and something) in her late thirties. She had it much worse though, couldnt work for a year and could hardly sit down for a couple or years or so. She found ways to either stand up or lay down. She became quite depressed because of it and thought it would never pass but eventuelly it resolved for her too. After the worst phase was over (a year or so) she started doing yoga which I think is what helped her the most. She still does it today in her late fifties as well as taking dance lessons with my father twice a week so she is definitely active, happy and recovered =) Sometimes after sittning for too long she can still get a buzzing sensation in her foot but that is it. Hope that brings you some hope for your own healing!
craig07920 isabelle54481
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Oh Isabelle,
I want to thank you so much for this message you posted, it really brings me some heart and hope as I can relate exactly to that situation that you and your mum went through. I have a disc bulge at L5-S1 and have had to be off work for nearly a year too, it has been so depressing and I've been trying exercises and to keep walking every day but without seeing much progress. My confidence has been knocked and has really depressed me, and it hasn't helped in the last week seeing a pain psychologist who tried to tell me I would always be in pain - I don't think that was right and don't accept that and to read your and your mum's recovery stories is amazing, thank you so much Isabelle it means a lot to me, just to know others have been through the same for the same length of time and struggled with hope or seeing an end to it but still got through it and became fit and active again with God's help!
I hadn't really thought too much about the back issue being caused by my hypermobility until lately, but that definitely could be a factor thinking more about it. If there's any advice or tips on anything you or your mum did that helped to get through it or ease the pain or cope mentally, please let me know would love to hear this!! Means so much to me Isabelle thank you, you are wonderful.
And I most definitely want to reassure you that mono / glandular fever goes away too, even after a lengthy period of time suffering, there most definitely is hope for you today too as I know it's been a tough time and thinking about you and praying for your recovery. I truly genuinely believe you're going to get back to full health again Isabelle, even if it's not today or tomorrow or next week, I believe it's going to happen sooner than later.
Craig