RE: , a, anyone with input

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, a...I have another pesty question I need to run by you

guys....I have had a relly funky thing going on with my

fingernails...really black lines running vertically, more dense

towards the top of the nail, and the nails are getting really thick.

The cuticle is hard, inflamed and now started with a doozy of an

infection. Also extremely inflammed and fire engine red. I was sure

it was a fungus....anyway they took nail clippings,and scraping of

the cutuicle area.....today my PCP had the lab results back and

there is NO fungus....??????? I guess from what he said they took a

look at several things yeast,ect as well as fungus. Anyway it is

none of the norms. Then he told me that people with inflammatory

arthritis , approximatley 50% are affected with nail

problems.....this was my first time ever hearing this....he seems

convinced it is the SD.....so is sending me to a dermatologist and

personally calling rheumy.....also have sores right at nail line

that keep getting infected, but it is not the typical SD calcinous

type that appears on the fingertip. Yes, I know I am getting long

winded, but the searches I did showed up the stuff I already knew

like the nail scrapings they do to prove SD, but nothing on the way

this looks or even pics that come close, so have you guys heard

anything like this....maybe could steer me in the right direction, I

have tried every search query I could think off....and it is so

painful I can hardly use my fingers, just touching something sends

me to the moon....trying not to complain to loudly as it is a free

trip everytime ;+}....mostly it looks so ugly and I have almost no

nails left as every finger is involved some worse than

others.....and it is a little warm at 98* to wear gloves.....any

input would be greatly appreciated.....Kathi in OK

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Kathi

I don't really have any input, but that sounds so painful I just wanted to

say I hope you find an answer and some relief soon. Cary