Re: has anyone had their gold rings turn their fingers black?

[Guest guest]

I used to have some discoloration around my ring finger, I just

chucked it up to the gold being absorbed into my skin. After all,

gold is used for arthritic patients.

>

> Strange question i know but i have been wearing my wedding ring for

12

> years and the other two rings for 9 years with no problems. On

Friday

> i looked down at my hands and my fingers were black everywhere that

my

> rings touched. i took them off and my hands are fine now but there

has

> to be a reason why this would happen all of a sudden.

>

> i wonder if Humera can cause anemia? i saw something on the

internet

> about gold rings and anemia but i could not verify this with a

reliable

> source so far. so i was just curious if anyone else has had this

> happen and found out why.

>

> in other news...i've been on Humera for 3 months and so far it's

been

> working great! i did get one cold but it didn't last any longer

than

> anyone else had it for.

>

> Thanks!

> Lori in WI

>

[Guest guest]

Hi All,

Before getting RA and having to end my wonderful career I was a

goldsmith/jewelry designer. Your problem happens to people more often

than you can imagine, and I mean healthy people not taking meds. The

shortest answer is that it is almost ALWAYS from either hand lotions

or cosmetics, or, acidic foods that you have either worked with your

hands or even from eating them. Tomatoes (including tomato sauces),

citrus fruits, vinegars all can affect this from the inside but

usually the outside. Hairspray, cologne, lotions of any type are also

culprits. When jewelers polish gold the muslin buffs turn black

because of the reaction of the polishing compound and the cloth. Wash

your hands well but most importantly Rinse them well. Underneath the

rings, next to the skin, can be irritated so easily and blackened skin

is the result. I would suggest you take your rings in to a jeweler

and have them thoroughly cleaned (I always did that service for free).

Hope that helps. I'm on all kinds of horrid meds and that never

happens because of them.

Karin

[Guest guest]

Early in my RA, when my fingers were swollen and looked like sausages,

my ring finger on my left hand, where I wore my gold rings, was

perfectly normal.

Sue

On Monday, January 14, 2008, at 03:49 PM, Jeanette wrote:

> I used to have some discoloration around my ring finger, I just

> chucked it up to the gold being absorbed into my skin. After all,

> gold is used for arthritic patients.

>