Thalassemia Patients and Friends
Discussion Forums => General Chatter => Topic started by: Sharmin on September 14, 2008, 06:46:16 AM
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My six year old daughter has an orange peel texture throughout all of her finger nails and one of her toe nails. Her nails also seem dry. I have shown her hands to my son's doctor - after a brief look he said that there wasn't any infection be we didn't have a chance to further look into the issue.
She has always been a nail biter, but I don't know why her toe nail would also be like this, the orange peel texture begins right at the base of the nail. She does not have the thalassemia trait. She is quite active and healthy otherwise.
Could she have a calcium deficiency or an iron deficiency? We tend to eat a low iron diet, could that be causing her to be anemic? She does have chicken, turkey and green vegetables in her diet as well as fruit and whole grains. She hasn't had any blood tests since she was three years old.
I have read many times that the health of the nails is an indicator of general health, I am a little concerned that her nails are so dehyrated looking and that they grow with this odd texture on the surface.
Can someone help me out with this one? What should be checked in a blood test?
Sharmin
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Sharmin,
There are pictures of various nail problems at http://dermnetnz.org/hair-nails-sweat/nails.html Do any of these conditions resemble what she has?
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Thank you Andy,
No, thankfully none of those resemble her nails. She has not discoloration in her nails, and her skin and hair are healthy.
When I look carefully at her nails, I notice that the surface is not smooth and that it has a tiny orange peel look throughout. I don't know if it is due to trauma from biting her nails. I just don't think it would be on all of her nails and throughout each nail if that were the case.
I am a little concerned...
Sharmin
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Hi Sis :
i dont know about this nail colors or dis-coloration ..
but i red somewere in aan article about phsycology that nail biting is an indication that, the person who is biting their nail is deeply thinking about something ... and he/she dont know wats going on around his/her .. i can assure you its true .. bcoze , i was also a super nail biter, when i was below 15 ... soo you may ask to your daughter and amaze her that you know she is deeply thinking something , , when she start biting her nails ....
well... in my case of nail biting , it was the time when i was new to the computer, i didnt knew much about computer in those times, i did this ( nail biting ) in situations similar to this :lousycomputer ..during O.S ( operating system) re-installation... huh.. wat a boringg and time gaining proccess it was ( its still the same ) ..
i hope you will also find this study is right as i amazed my cousins several time when they were biting their nails...
and reponse of most of them was " thinking about the project given by my teacher " hahhaha
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thanks Umair,
she is a bit of a thinker...
i can deal with the nail biting - and if the bumpy texture of her nails is related to trauma from biting them.
I just pray that it does not mean that something more serious is going on. Every time I read something - there is talk of liver problems, kidney problems etc. and I am getting freaked out!! I don't think I can handle anymore health problems!
I'll let you know once I take her to see a doctor tomorrow.
Thanks again for your support,
Sharmin
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iHi Sharmin Sis :
s it another proove of that the article was true ?? .. i think yes ...... wow ...
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My daughter's blood tests came back normal - thank god! I just seem to worry about everything these days.
She doesn't seem to be deficient in anything.
I think Umair is right - she is a thinker... :think
cheers,
Sharmin
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Thanx to the Article i red in a magazine a few year ago ....
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I am sooooooooooo happy for you Sharmin.May god bless you and your lovely family.
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Actually, the doctor looked at her report and said that her iron was very low. She is not a thal carrier and with ours being a low iron household it I am not surprised. Hopefully a little bit of iron supplement will get her back to normal - the doctor thinks that within 6 weeks her nail growth will be normal. Her ferritin was 10 - I guess that is pretty low.
Thanks again everyone,
Sharmin
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Hi sharmin ,
you may also try spinach , it came in many forms and one of the easy formm is "canned spinach" .. it has alot of iron .. i think you may give her by putting in Salad ... its a good source of iron as i continously hearing that to a long time .... its called " SAAG " here in south Asia .... its a green vegetable and i heard that green vegetables alway have more iron than other vegetables ... here is a little about spinach ...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spinach
Spinach, raw
Nutritional value per 100 g (3.5 oz)
Energy 20 kcal 100 kJ
Carbohydrates 3.6 g
- Sugars 0.4 g
- Dietary fiber 2.2 g
Fat 0.4 g
Protein 2.2 g
Vitamin A equiv. 469 μg 52%
- β-carotene 5626 μg 52%
Folate (Vit. B9) 194 μg 49%
Vitamin C 28 mg 47%
Vitamin E 2 mg 13%
Vitamin K 483 μg 460%
Calcium 99 mg 10%
Iron 2.7 mg 22%
best regards
take care
umair
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Thank you Umair,
My daughter loves saag - i don't know how to make it by her naani makes it for her sometimes. I will get her to make some more.
Thanks bud, you are always full of good information!
Sharmin
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hi Sis ,
i also like saag but bcoze of it is high iron diet and i m having iron-overload , i have been avoiding to my childhood ... please check your PM inbox i m going to send there some saag recipes like saag paneer, Spinach with Fresh Cheese and much more recipes of saag ... some cool web adresses about saag's recipes ....
note: if someone else want those adress please send me PM, i will send . i m not sending those adreses here on the forum bcoze its not a cooking forum :biggrin :grin ..
take care
umair
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you're too funny Umair :rotfl
also, saag is high in iron and tastes REALLY good - so we don't want a new epidemic - iron overload from eating saag! :rotfl :rotfl
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not that much high too create some new complications ...
its not that much high iron diet but if she need some iron pills, she can try saag instead of pills ( i think ,, but ot sure ) .. there are alot of v recipes of saag on sites i sent ..... its good for her :) but not for me :( ...... :grin
i said something wrong?? ???
i also like saag but bcoze of it is high iron diet and i m having iron-overload , i have been avoiding to my childhood ...
but its ok to taste a few bytes of it everytime ;) :wink
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note: if someone else want those adress please send me PM, i will send . i m not sending those adreses here on the forum bcoze its not a cooking forum :biggrin :grin ..
umair, u shud post it here too, after all its the general chatter thread, we can have those unrelated to thal, doesnt necessarily have to be related to thal all the time, right? :biggrin
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absolutely right makoo ,
soo here are the URLs of those sites , i was talking about in my previous post , for tasty Saag recipes , here r the links ..
http://www.indianrelish.com/saag/
http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/tyler-florence/saag-paneer-recipe/index.html
http://www.indianfoodsco.com/Recipes/VegeLeafy/Indiangreens.htm
http://www.ifood.tv/network/saag/recipes
UMAIR
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umair, thanks for the links:D im not such a big fan of spinach though, but i found some great roti dishes.. am going to make potato paratha tonite for breakfasting.. am having a few friends over:D
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Hi Maako ,
Have a good time with friends ... and enjoy the parathas ....
Ahumm... ahummm..... Maako ,will you eat all those potato parathas alone ??? ??....
won't to share with anyone on this site ??? ??? .... especialy to me :grin . please remember me as well while eating those tasty parathas... and send me one of those parathas as well... otherwise i will not share my pizza :khalifa ..
UMAIR
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Oh great, it's way past bedtime for me - and now you guys have made me hungry again! Except, I don't know whether I want Parathas or if I should take Umair's pizza.. :khalifa
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Oh Sis ,
you're welcome to have Pizzaa , its enough to share with whole world ... let me explain it ... you can see the smiley (who is stiuated on the Pizza emoticon) he has a magic ppizza piece .. yeah look at that carefully when-ever he take's a bite of meat of pizza .. the meat come's back again ... pizza isn't going to finish .. soo welcome to have pizza party ..... look at this :khalifa hummmmmmmm .. super Pizza ... i want to have a pizza like this in reality .. after getting this pizza .. i will never have to go again on Pizza Hut to have another Pizza .. its Great na ???
Take care
umair
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hehehe, i think i have enough for u all to eat, most welcome to join us:D:D:D :biggrin come over:D :wink ...
it was a success.. i made paratha, fried fish, dhal curry, fish pie, chicken sandwich, caramel pudding, watermelon juice and coconut juice.. long list huh? :-\ hehe, but made just enough of this and that.. and had loads of help from my husband mujey and zoona (close friend + housemate) :D
so umair brother, what do u want from that list? now will u share ure pizza with me? hehehe..
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Wow Maako. you are a great cook. Would you mind telling me how you make the watermelon juice? I love this but when I make it, it's not as good as when I bought it at the university, I could have drunk the whole jug there.
Are you fasting?
Jade
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:biggrin i think we need to start a new thread just for cooking and recipes..
thanks jade, am not sure abt being great :wink, but i love to cook..
and yes am fasting..
abt the watermelon juice, i do it in two ways...
1. i blend sugar with plain ice water. then cut the watermelon into very small fine squares and stir it with the water. stir, NOT BLEND. the amount of water and sugar depends on how much ure serving and how sweet u like it.
another way is 2. blend the sugar with plain ice water. Blend the watermelon again seperately.. u knw the residue left over right? just take the juice out and throw the residue... then stir the juice u took with the water u blended...
am blending the water and the sugar in the mixer coz am too lazy to keep stiring and stiring until sugar dissolves.. am i making sense? hehehe
i think the universities and places have it the second way, i prefer eating small pieces of water melon when i drink the juice though.. so my fav is the first way i described.. :biggrin
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AOA all ,
(1) sorry for being late in reply, i was out for transfussion .... an about last night i had to sleep early so i can wake-up early and will be able reach thal center at time ...
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Maakoo and Sharmin Sis ,
it was a success.. i made paratha, fried fish, dhal curry, fish pie, chicken sandwich, caramel pudding
hummmm i have marked with bold text those dishes which are my favourate i like ..
soo at-least it becomes a cooking recipe thread hahhhahaha....... :rotfl
@ makoo
so umair brother, what do u want from that list? now will u share ure pizza with me? hehehe..
when-ever you want sis . i m always ready to share my pizza ....
its a magic pizza it is not going to finish so you all are welcome ... and have some pizza with me ... :grin :rotfl